Rapidity Definition

noun

Speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid.

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(physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light.

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(physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis.

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Other Word Forms of Rapidity

Noun

Singular:
rapidity
Plural:
rapidities

Rapidity Sentence Examples

  • Vibrations increase in rapidity as a note rises and decrease as it falls.

  • It grew with great rapidity.

  • She wrote with the rapidity of Walter Scott and the regularity of Anthony Trollope.

  • The rapidity of the Russian pursuit was just as destructive to our army as the flight of the French was to theirs.

  • The chief cause of the wastage of Napoleon's army was the rapidity of its movement, and a convincing proof of this is the corresponding decrease of the Russian army.

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Words Starting With

RRARAP

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

Starts With R & Ends With YStarts With RA & Ends With YStarts With R & Ends With TY

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With Y