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Webster 1913 Edition
Rapidity
Ra-pid′i-ty
(rȧ-pĭd′ĭ-ty̆)
, Noun.
[L.
rapiditas
: cf. F. rapidité
.] The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity;
as, the
. rapidity
of a current; rapidity
of speech; rapidity
of growth or improvement
Syn. – Rapidness; haste; speed; celerity; velocity; swiftness; fleetness; quickness; agility.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rapidity
RAPID'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Swiftness; celerity; velocity; as the rapidity of a current; the rapidity of motion of any kind.2.
Haste in utterance; as the rapidity of speech or pronunciation.3.
Quickness of progression or advance; as rapidity of growth or improvement.