Definition of rapidity Rapidity

/ɹʌpɪˈdʌti/ - [rupidutee] - ra•pid•i•ty

We found 6 definitions of rapidity from 4 different sources.

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What does rapidity mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

rapidity - a rate that is rapid
  celerity, quickness, rapidness, speediness
  rate, pace amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
  fleetness rapidity of movement; "fleetness of foot"
  instantaneousness, immediateness, instancy, immediacy lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage"
  expeditiousness, despatch, dispatch, expedition the act of sending off something
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • rapidity (Noun)
    speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid.
  • rapidity (Noun)
    A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light .
  • rapidity (Noun)
    A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • rapidity (n.)
    The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement.

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