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Celerity

//sɪˈlɛɹɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Speed, swiftness. uncountable, usually

    "O most kind maid, / It was the swift celerity of his death, / Which I did think with slower foot came on, / That brain'd my purpose."

  2. 2
    a rate that is rapid wordnet
  3. 3
    The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.; The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain. uncountable, usually
  5. 5
    The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate. dated, uncountable, usually

    "Celerity of dispatching the Chappe telegraph [section title]"

Etymology

From Old French celeritee (compare French célérité), from Latin celeritas, from celer (“fast, swift”).

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