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单词 rapidity
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Definition of rapidity in English:

rapidity

noun rəˈpɪdɪtirəˈpɪdədi
mass noun
  • 1The quality of moving or reacting with great speed.

    the fish sank into the sand with such rapidity that it must be seen to be believed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To record the rapidity, force, breadth, or intensity of movements, Laban required additional notations.
    • It won't be anything on the scale or the rapidity of the surge in Iraq.
    • You mentioned being fascinated by the rapidity of some of these electronic devices.
    • He can tell by the rapidity of the bleeps that he is close by now.
    • For example, there are several cases on record of third-degree burns healing with extraordinary rapidity.
    • This would contribute to the apparent rapidity of the oxidation event.
    • However, neither the scale of the phenomenon nor its rapidity of onset during or following allopolyploidization is known.
    • My only real problem with the game is that you can lose your hand with frightening rapidity.
    • The rock liner for the junction pockets is glasslike due to the rapidity with which it cooled during formation.
    • The Red Army would then move with great rapidity to concentrate against one enemy division.
    • She was interrupted in her reverie by a sight of a man, clad in black, descending the hill with some rapidity.
    • The tidings spread with wonderful rapidity in the wilderness of Judea.
    • In the cadenzas, Cziffra rips out the single note runs with a rapidity usually reserved for piano roll "performances."
    • Rapidity of thrust generation is accordingly coupled to torsional agility in pitch.
    • It may be in part accounted for by much energy being expended in the rapidity of the transmission.
    • The rapidity with which you work through further evaluation depends on whether you have any other health complaints or not.
    • What's striking about the sequence is the rapidity with which the numbers grow larger.
    • But, if by any accident the parachute is not expanded as he falls, the rapidity of the fall will not be checked.
    • The length of each symbol corresponds to the rapidity of the gesture.
    • The rapidity with which the Indian government has abandoned its previous foreign policy precepts underlines the fact that there is no going back.
    Synonyms
    quickness, swiftness, speed, speediness, briskness, expeditiousness, alacrity, dispatch, velocity, promptness, promptitude
    suddenness, immediacy, instantaneousness, hurriedness, haste, hastiness, abruptness, precipitateness
    literary fleetness, celerity
    1. 1.1 The fact of happening at a great rate; swiftness.
      technology spreads with extraordinary rapidity
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The rapidity of that shift depends on the rate of advance of battery technology.
      • He was amazed at the rapidity of it all.
      • The total breakdown of the socialist economies of Eastern Europe, on which East Germany was almost entirely dependent, occurred with startling rapidity.
      • In the same fashion, the rapidity with which you go through the adaptation is highly individual.
      • We can only hope that the projection does not become more pessimistic with equal rapidity.
      • He "was promoted with spectacular rapidity to the post of political editor," the Guardian notes.
      • Second, the rapidity of such character analyses enables a large number of research workers to propose phylogenies based on various sets of characters.
      • My sentiments became elevated with the most inconceivable rapidity to the level of my ideas.
      • Reason: the unprecedented rapidity with which the hitherto relatively sedentary human populations are inter-mixing across the globe.
      • The British found out toward the end of the 19th century that a seemingly unassailable international power position can melt away with unexpected rapidity.
      • The town was commenced in 1837, and has increased with remarkable rapidity.
      • Once that accessibility was achieved, the technology began to diffuse with increasing rapidity.
      • The idea of the ` movement of movements ' has proved with extraordinary rapidity to lead nowhere.
      • In fact, I can turn them over with frightening rapidity.
      • There were many who located in the new city and building began to go on with increasing rapidity.
      • Perhaps our concept of justification is not itself precise enough to require a precise degree of ease or rapidity of access.
      • That may be valid for some businesses, especially in view of the rapidity of technological changes.
      • Inspirational talent from Northern Ireland whose rapidity around the green baize earned him the nickname "Hurricane" Higgins.
      • We just could not afford either the rapidity or the nature of some of his political experiments.
      • During that month of June the events have succeeded themselves with great rapidity.

Rhymes

acidity, acridity, aridity, avidity, cupidity, flaccidity, fluidity, frigidity, humidity, hybridity, insipidity, intrepidity, limpidity, liquidity, lividity, lucidity, morbidity, placidity, putridity, quiddity, rabidity, rancidity, rigidity, solidity, stolidity, stupidity, tepidity, timidity, torpidity, torridity, turgidity, validity, vapidity

Definition of rapidity in US English:

rapidity

nounrəˈpɪdədirəˈpidədē
  • 1The quality of moving or reacting with great speed.

    the fish sink into the sand with such rapidity that it must be seen to be believed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rock liner for the junction pockets is glasslike due to the rapidity with which it cooled during formation.
    • He can tell by the rapidity of the bleeps that he is close by now.
    • However, neither the scale of the phenomenon nor its rapidity of onset during or following allopolyploidization is known.
    • But, if by any accident the parachute is not expanded as he falls, the rapidity of the fall will not be checked.
    • The length of each symbol corresponds to the rapidity of the gesture.
    • Rapidity of thrust generation is accordingly coupled to torsional agility in pitch.
    • The tidings spread with wonderful rapidity in the wilderness of Judea.
    • In the cadenzas, Cziffra rips out the single note runs with a rapidity usually reserved for piano roll "performances."
    • It may be in part accounted for by much energy being expended in the rapidity of the transmission.
    • The rapidity with which the Indian government has abandoned its previous foreign policy precepts underlines the fact that there is no going back.
    • She was interrupted in her reverie by a sight of a man, clad in black, descending the hill with some rapidity.
    • My only real problem with the game is that you can lose your hand with frightening rapidity.
    • The Red Army would then move with great rapidity to concentrate against one enemy division.
    • This would contribute to the apparent rapidity of the oxidation event.
    • It won't be anything on the scale or the rapidity of the surge in Iraq.
    • The rapidity with which you work through further evaluation depends on whether you have any other health complaints or not.
    • You mentioned being fascinated by the rapidity of some of these electronic devices.
    • For example, there are several cases on record of third-degree burns healing with extraordinary rapidity.
    • What's striking about the sequence is the rapidity with which the numbers grow larger.
    • To record the rapidity, force, breadth, or intensity of movements, Laban required additional notations.
    Synonyms
    quickness, swiftness, speed, speediness, briskness, expeditiousness, alacrity, dispatch, velocity, promptness, promptitude
    1. 1.1 The fact of happening at a great rate; swiftness.
      technology spreads with extraordinary rapidity
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In fact, I can turn them over with frightening rapidity.
      • Reason: the unprecedented rapidity with which the hitherto relatively sedentary human populations are inter-mixing across the globe.
      • Once that accessibility was achieved, the technology began to diffuse with increasing rapidity.
      • During that month of June the events have succeeded themselves with great rapidity.
      • There were many who located in the new city and building began to go on with increasing rapidity.
      • The rapidity of that shift depends on the rate of advance of battery technology.
      • My sentiments became elevated with the most inconceivable rapidity to the level of my ideas.
      • The idea of the ` movement of movements ' has proved with extraordinary rapidity to lead nowhere.
      • Second, the rapidity of such character analyses enables a large number of research workers to propose phylogenies based on various sets of characters.
      • That may be valid for some businesses, especially in view of the rapidity of technological changes.
      • The British found out toward the end of the 19th century that a seemingly unassailable international power position can melt away with unexpected rapidity.
      • The town was commenced in 1837, and has increased with remarkable rapidity.
      • In the same fashion, the rapidity with which you go through the adaptation is highly individual.
      • He "was promoted with spectacular rapidity to the post of political editor," the Guardian notes.
      • The total breakdown of the socialist economies of Eastern Europe, on which East Germany was almost entirely dependent, occurred with startling rapidity.
      • Inspirational talent from Northern Ireland whose rapidity around the green baize earned him the nickname "Hurricane" Higgins.
      • He was amazed at the rapidity of it all.
      • We can only hope that the projection does not become more pessimistic with equal rapidity.
      • We just could not afford either the rapidity or the nature of some of his political experiments.
      • Perhaps our concept of justification is not itself precise enough to require a precise degree of ease or rapidity of access.
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