celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
(noun) a rate that is rapid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
celerity (usually uncountable, plural celerities)
Speed, swiftness.
(oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).
(hydrology) The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
(telecommunications, dated) The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.
Source: Wiktionary
Ce*ler"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. celeritas, from celer swiftm speedy: sf. F. célérité.]
Definition: Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness. Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 February 2025
(noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
