rapidity
Americannoun
Synonym Usage
See speed.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rapidity
From the Latin word rapiditās, dating back to 1610–20. See rapid, -ity
Example Sentences
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The rapidity of these attacks - and the regularity of them, disrupted or acted out, had an extraordinary consequence that further complicated the picture.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
When I first began writing my book “Gaia Wakes” eight years ago, I did not anticipate the sheer rapidity of artificial intelligence's ascent.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
"Its simplicity and rapidity make it particularly well-suited for studying metabolic changes."
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
Meditation suggests it might be possible, but the rapidity with which our internal terrain changes makes the possibility of any definitive guide all but impossible.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
The ease and rapidity with which this meeting was set up made me suspect that the government might have planned this rendezvous ahead of time.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Tiny spiderlike shells with outboard motors swarmed everywhere boasting varied, astonishing rapidities over 30 m. p. h.
From Time Magazine Archive
He hadn't even to dot his i's beyond the remark that on the very face of it, she would remember, their wonderful system attached no premium to rapidities of transition.
From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by James, Henry
I merely look on at the rapidities of change with unalloyed interest.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Between these numbers are those of different rapidities, which affect the eye—as orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, in an almost infinite number of shades—according to the sensitiveness of the eye.
From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White
Loudon returned thither from Vienna April 7th; but is not to command in chief, this Year,—Schweidnitz still sticking in some people's throats: "Dangerous; a man with such rash practices, rapidities and Pandour tendencies!"
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas
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