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Meaning of RAPIDITY

Pronunciation:  ru'piditee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a rate that is rapid
 
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 Synonyms: celerity, quickness
 
 See Also: despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness, pace, promptitude, promptness, rate

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ra*pid"i*ty\, n. [L. rapiditas: cf. F. rapidit['e].]
The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity;
velocity; as, the rapidity of growth or improvement.
Syn: -- Rapidness; haste; speed; celerity; velocity;
     swiftness; fleetness; quickness; agility.
 

 

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