Meaning of CELERITY
| Pronunciation: | | su'leritee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a rate that is rapid |
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| | Synonyms: | | quickness, rapidity |
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| | See Also: | | despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness, pace, promptitude, promptness, rate | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ce*ler"i*ty\, n. [L. celeritas, from celer swiftm
speedy: sf. F. c['e]l['e]rit['e].]
Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose
whole employment is to watch its flight. --Johnson.
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| | Definition: | | Velocity of a moving wave, as distinguished from velocity of particles oscillating in the wave. |
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| | Related Terms: | | air speed, alacrity, bat, briskness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness, flight, flit, flurry, gait, ground speed, haste, hurry, hustle, instantaneousness, knots, legerity, lightning speed, miles per hour, pace, precipitation, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, round pace, rpm, rush, rustle, snappiness, speed, speediness, swift rate, swiftness, velocity |
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