celerity

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celerity

/sɪˈlɛɹɪti/
/səˈlɛr.ɪ.ti/ US

Rhymes with -ɛɹɪti

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From Old French celeritee (compare French célérité), from Latin celeritas, from celer (“fast, swift”).

noun celerities

uncountable, usually Speed, swiftness. O most kind maid, / It was the swift celerity of his death, / Which I did think with slower foot came on, / That brain'd my purpose.
Similar: rapidity, alacrity, dispatch · Opposite: slowness, lethargy
uncountable, usually The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.
uncountable, usually The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
dated, uncountable, usually The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate. Celerity of dispatching the Chappe telegraph [section title]

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noun speed of individual waves

Português	celeridade
Français	célérité

noun speed

Español	celeridad
한국어	민첩함, 기민함 giminham
Português	celeridade
Français	célérité

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@misc{celerity_2026,
  title = {celerity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/celerity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}