 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
celerity
noun: a rate that is rapid [syn: {quickness}, {rapidity}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Celerity \Ce*ler"i*ty\, noun [L. celeritas, from celer swiftm
speedy: sf. F. c['e]l['e]rit['e].]
Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose
whole employment is to watch its flight. --Johnson.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "celerity":
air speed, alacrity, bat, briskness, dispatch, expedition,
expeditiousness, fastness, flight, flit, flurry, gait,
ground speed, haste, hurry, hustle, instantaneousness, knots,
legerity, lightning speed, miles per hour, pace, precipitation,
promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, round pace, rpm,
rush, rustle, snappiness, speed, speediness, swift rate, swiftness,
velocity
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