Associations to the word «Rapidity»

Wiktionary

RAPIDITY, noun. Speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
RAPIDITY, noun. (physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light
RAPIDITY, noun. (physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis

Dictionary definition

RAPIDITY, noun. A rate that is rapid.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne