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"sense": "speed",
"word": "çabukluk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "švydkistʹ",
"sense": "speed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "швидкість"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "speed of individual waves",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "célérité"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "speed of individual waves",
"word": "laju rambat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "speed of individual waves",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "celeridade"
}
],
"word": "celerity"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": (haengdong'ui) mincheopham vs. 행동의",
"path": [
"celerity"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "celerity",
"trace": ""
}
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