CELERITY

celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness

(noun) a rate that is rapid

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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



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