rapidity

rapidity
    n 1: a rate that is rapid [syn: {celerity}, {quickness},
         {rapidity}, {rapidness}, {speediness}]
    

Rapidity \Ra*pid"i*ty\ (r[.a]*p[i^]d"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L.
   rapiditas: cf. F. rapidit['e].]
   The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity;
   velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech;
   rapidity of growth or improvement.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Rapidness; haste; speed; celerity; velocity; swiftness;
        fleetness; quickness; agility.
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66 Moby Thesaurus words for "rapidity":
      air speed, alacrity, bat, briskness, ceaselessness, celerity,
      chattering, constancy, constant flow, continualness, continuity,
      decisiveness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fastness,
      flight, flit, flurry, gait, ground speed, haste, hurry, immediacy,
      immediateness, incessancy, instantaneousness, knots,
      lightning speed, miles per hour, noninterruption, oscillation,
      pace, perpetuity, precipitation, promptitude, promptness,
      pulsation, punctuality, punctualness, quick fire, quickness,
      rapid fire, rapid recurrence, rapid succession, readiness,
      regularity, repetition, round pace, rpm, rush, snappiness, speed,
      speediness, staccato, steadiness, stuttering, summariness,
      sustainment, swift rate, swiftness, tattoo, unintermission,
      uninterruption, velocity, vibration