EGAVE

celerity

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Speed, swiftness.
  2. noun The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c. The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
  3. noun The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
  4. noun The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.

Similar words

rapidity quickness swiftness speediness haste speed expeditiousness dispatch alacrity promptness

Often followed by

of and with in that which to as is

Word family

celerities

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