"rapidity" meaning in English

See rapidity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹəˈpɪdɪti/ Forms: rapidities [plural]
Etymology: rapid + -ity, from French rapidité, from Latin rapiditas. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rapid|ity}} rapid + -ity, {{der|en|fr|rapidité}} French rapidité, {{der|en|la|rapiditas}} Latin rapiditas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rapidity (countable and uncountable, plural rapidities)
  1. speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (speed, swiftness): бързина (bǎrzina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rapideco (Esperanto), rapidité [feminine] (French), célérité [feminine] (French), ταχύτητα (tachýtita) [feminine] (Greek), rapideso (Ido), rapidità [feminine] (Italian), szybkość [feminine] (Polish), rapiditate [feminine] (Romanian), rapidez [feminine] (Spanish), celeridad [feminine] (Spanish), fart [common-gender] (Swedish), snabbhet [common-gender] (Swedish), snärt [common-gender] (Swedish), bilis (Tagalog), tulin (Tagalog), vif (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-rapidity-en-noun-E2Qqkj2x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 30 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 31 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 64 19 17 Disambiguation of 'speed, swiftness': 89 7 4
  2. (physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics, Relativity
    Sense id: en-rapidity-en-noun-F~ntXT29 Disambiguation of Relativity: 3 60 38 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-rapidity-en-noun-5PpdeWDr Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: midrapidity, pseudorapidity

Inflected forms

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