celerityn.

/sɪˈlɛrɪti/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s celerite, selerite, 1500s celeryte, cel-, seleritie.

Etymology: Middle English celerite, < French célérité, < Latin celeritāt-em, < celer swift.

1. Swiftness, speed. Now chiefly (as distinguished from velocity) with reference to the movements or actions of living beings.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun]

swiftnessc888

speedOE

swiftship?c1225

swifthead1340

speedfulnessc1386

quickness?a1425

hastinessc1425

speediheadc1450

swiftinessa1464

radeur1477

celerity1483

speediness1530

swithnessc1540

velocity1555

raptness1582

pernicity1592

rapidity1601

fastness1604

fleetness1625

rida1642

rapidness1650

mercuriousnessa1661

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun]

celerity1483

speediness1530

navity1623

velocitya1674

expeditiousness1708

hot foot1869

1483 King Richard III in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 39 I. 123 The same with all celerite entendeth for to ordeigne and provide..for his sayd cousyn.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxii. sig. Lv The meane..betwene slouthe and celeritie, comunely called spedinesse.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 104 The cattes followed with the same celerity and agility.

a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 229 I speed my bussynes with as much seleritie as I can.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 47 Whirled round about the Earth daily with incredible celerity.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 177. ⁋3 My quickness of apprehension, and celerity of reply.

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xxviii. 323 A wheel revolving with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible.

1889 N.E.D. at Celerity Mod. The celerity of the squirrel's movements.

†2. A particular rate of speed. (In physical science the word now used is velocity.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > in the physical sciences

celerity1734

velocity1847

1734 G. Berkeley Analyst §4 The fluxions are celerities, not proportional to the finite increments.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 383 To that center..there is supposed a descent, in various celerities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	celerity
释义	celerityn. /sɪˈlɛrɪti/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s celerite, selerite, 1500s celeryte, cel-, seleritie. Etymology: Middle English celerite, < French célérité, < Latin celeritāt-em, < celer swift. 1. Swiftness, speed. Now chiefly (as distinguished from velocity) with reference to the movements or actions of living beings. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] swiftnessc888 speedOE swiftship?c1225 swifthead1340 speedfulnessc1386 quickness?a1425 hastinessc1425 speediheadc1450 swiftinessa1464 radeur1477 celerity1483 speediness1530 swithnessc1540 velocity1555 raptness1582 pernicity1592 rapidity1601 fastness1604 fleetness1625 rida1642 rapidness1650 mercuriousnessa1661 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] celerity1483 speediness1530 navity1623 velocitya1674 expeditiousness1708 hot foot1869 1483 King Richard III in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 39 I. 123 The same with all celerite entendeth for to ordeigne and provide..for his sayd cousyn. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxii. sig. Lv The meane..betwene slouthe and celeritie, comunely called spedinesse. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 104 The cattes followed with the same celerity and agility. a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 229 I speed my bussynes with as much seleritie as I can. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 47 Whirled round about the Earth daily with incredible celerity. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 177. ⁋3 My quickness of apprehension, and celerity of reply. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xxviii. 323 A wheel revolving with celerity sufficient to render its spokes invisible. 1889 N.E.D. at Celerity Mod. The celerity of the squirrel's movements. †2. A particular rate of speed. (In physical science the word now used is velocity.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > in the physical sciences celerity1734 velocity1847 1734 G. Berkeley Analyst §4 The fluxions are celerities, not proportional to the finite increments. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 383 To that center..there is supposed a descent, in various celerities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1483
随便看	θ222813 θ222814 θ222815 θ222816 θ222817 θ222818 θ222819 θ22282 θ222820 θ222821 θ222822 θ222823 θ222824 θ222825 θ222826 θ222827 θ222828 θ222829 θ22283 θ222830 θ222831 θ222832 θ222833 θ222834 θ222835