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celerity
ce·ler·i·ty C0186600 (sə-lĕr′ĭ-tē)n. Swiftness of action or motion; speed. See Synonyms at haste. [French célérité, from Old French, from Latin celeritās, from celer, swift.]celerity (sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ) nrapidity; swiftness; speed[C15: from Old French celerite, from Latin celeritās, from celer swift]ce•ler•i•ty (səˈlɛr ɪ ti) n. swiftness; speed. [1480–90; < Middle French celerite < Latin celeritās=celer swift + -itās -ity] syn: See speed. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | celerity - a rate that is rapidrapidity, rapidness, speediness, quicknesspace, rate - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"fleetness - rapidity of movement; "fleetness of foot"immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness, immediacy - the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"expeditiousness, despatch, dispatch, expedition - the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"promptitude, promptness - the characteristic of doing things without delay |
celeritynounRapidness of movement or activity:dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness.Translationscelerity
celerity[sə′ler·əd·ē] (physics) phase velocity celerity Related to celerity: wave celeritySynonyms for celeritynoun rapidness of movement or activitySynonyms- dispatch
- expedition
- expeditiousness
- fleetness
- haste
- hurry
- hustle
- quickness
- rapidity
- rapidness
- speed
- speediness
- swiftness
Synonyms for celeritynoun a rate that is rapidSynonyms- rapidity
- rapidness
- speediness
- quickness
Related Words- pace
- rate
- fleetness
- immediateness
- instancy
- instantaneousness
- immediacy
- expeditiousness
- despatch
- dispatch
- expedition
- promptitude
- promptness
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