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BNC: 18526 COCA: 23076

— rapidity

/rəˈpɪdəti/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 18526 COCA: 23076

rapidity

noun

ra·​pid·​i·​ty rə-ˈpi-də-tē How to pronounce rapidity (audio)
ra-
: the quality or state of being rapid

Example Sentences

the rapidity with which she can do mental math calculations is amazing
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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French & Latin; French rapidité, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin rapiditāt-, rapiditās, from rapidus "flowing violently, rapid entry 1" + -itāt-, -itās -ity

First Known Use

1654, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rapidity was in 1654
BNC: 18526 COCA: 23076
rapidity

noun

ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEalarming, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, great, remarkable驚人的速度;令人眼花繚亂的速度;極速;非同尋常的迅速The styles change with bewildering rapidity.風格多變,令人應接不暇。increasing越來越快的速度PREPOSITIONwith rapidity迅速地

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