Rapidity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rapidity \Ra*pid"i*ty\ (r[.a]*p[i^]d"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L.
     rapiditas: cf. F. rapidit['e].]
     The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity;
     velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech;
     rapidity of growth or improvement.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Syn: Rapidness; haste; speed; celerity; velocity; swiftness;
          fleetness; quickness; agility.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rapidity
       n : a rate that is rapid [syn: {celerity}, {quickness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "rapidity":
     air speed, alacrity, bat, briskness, ceaselessness, celerity,
     chattering, constancy, constant flow, continualness, continuity,
     decisiveness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness,
     flight, flit, flurry, gait, ground speed, haste, hurry, immediacy,
     immediateness, incessancy, instantaneousness, knots,
     lightning speed, miles per hour, noninterruption, oscillation,
     pace, perpetuity, precipitation, promptitude, promptness,
     pulsation, punctuality, punctualness, quick fire, quickness,
     rapid fire, rapid recurrence, rapid succession, readiness,
     regularity, repetition, round pace, rpm, rush, snappiness, speed,
     speediness, staccato, steadiness, stuttering, summariness,
     sustainment, swift rate, swiftness, tattoo, unintermission,
     uninterruption, velocity, vibration