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Celerity

//səˈlɛr.ɪ.ti//

Definitions

1
Speed, swiftness.
O most kind maid, / It was the swift celerity of his death, / Which I did think with slower foot came on, / That brain'd my purpose.
Similar
rapidity alacrity dispatch
Opposite
slowness
2
The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.
3
The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.
Celerity of dispatching the Chappe telegraph [section title]

Word Origin

From Old French celeritee (compare French célérité), from Latin celeritas, from celer (“fast, swift”).

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//səˈlɛr.ɪ.ti//

1
Speed, swiftness.
O most kind maid, / It was the swift celerity of his death, / Which I did think with slower foot came on, / That brain'd my purpose.
Similar
rapidity alacrity dispatch
Opposite
slowness
2
The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.
3
The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.
Celerity of dispatching the Chappe telegraph [section title]

Word Origin

From Old French celeritee (compare French célérité), from Latin celeritas, from celer (“fast, swift”).

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