rapidity

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɹəˈpɪd.ɪ.ti/
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/ɹəˈpɪd.ɪ.ti/ · /ˈræ.pɪ.ɖɪ.ʈi/

Definition of rapidity

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
    “Although appreciating the rapidity and frequency of the Southern electric services I was now to use on short journeys, I became more than ever convinced that electric traction offers very little of interest to the dyed-in-the-wool railwayist.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
    “Although appreciating the rapidity and frequency of the Southern electric services I was now to use on short journeys, I became more than ever convinced that electric traction offers very little of interest to the dyed-in-the-wool railwayist.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light; defined as artanh(v), where artanh is the hyperbolic arctangent, and v = speed (with c = speed of light = 1).
  3. (countable, uncountable)A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis

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Etymology

From rapid + -ity, from French rapidité, from Latin rapiditas.

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