Get to know Rapidity better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like celerity or quickness.
Rapidity in a sentence
Rapidity meaning
- speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
- A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light; defined as artanh(v), where artanh is the hyperbolic arctangent, and v = speed (with c = speed of light = 1).
- A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis
Using Rapidity
- The main meaning on this page is: speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid | A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light; defined as artanh(v), where artanh is the hyperbolic arctangent, and v = speed (with c = speed of light = 1). | A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis
- Useful related words include: celerity, quickness, rapidness, speediness.
- In the example corpus, rapidity often appears in combinations such as: the rapidity, rapidity of, and rapidity.
Context around Rapidity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rapidity
- In this selection, "rapidity" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, extreme, states and provides stand out and add context to how "rapidity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the rapidity with which and at the rapidity with which. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rapidity" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rapidity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He dispatched cases with unprecedented rapidity. (6 words)
It is not just that moral norms are overturned with extreme rapidity. (12 words)
He wrote for the press with great rapidity and rarely made corrections. (12 words)
As perpetual secretary it was his duty to pronounce historical eulogies on deceased members; and for this duty his rapidity and facility of thought, and his happy piquancy of style, and his extensive knowledge peculiarly adapted him. (37 words)
Some believe that heroin produces more euphoria than other opioids; one possible explanation is the presence of 6-monoacetylmorphine, a metabolite unique to heroin – although a more likely explanation is the rapidity of onset. (34 words)
As in the United States, rapidity of fire was deemed to be of lesser importance in an era when current military philosophy still emphasized precise aimed fire and conservation of ammunition. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is not just that moral norms are overturned with extreme rapidity.
But we did find that scientists tend to underestimate the severity of threats and the rapidity with which they might unfold.
Given the rapidity of China’s economic development in the past 30 years, it has taken the EU some time to acknowledge the growing power and influence of Beijing.
As in the United States, rapidity of fire was deemed to be of lesser importance in an era when current military philosophy still emphasized precise aimed fire and conservation of ammunition.
As perpetual secretary it was his duty to pronounce historical eulogies on deceased members; and for this duty his rapidity and facility of thought, and his happy piquancy of style, and his extensive knowledge peculiarly adapted him.
Berg (2004) p. 119. Reflecting on this change in fortunes, Andrew Britton writes of Hepburn, "No other star has emerged with greater rapidity or with more ecstatic acclaim.
Demand for electricity grows with great rapidity as a nation modernises and its economy develops.
Due to the rapidity of animal movement, simple direct observation is rarely sufficient to give any insight into the pattern of limb movement.
For I could neither rightly perceive at first when the systole and when the diastole took place by reason of the rapidity of the movement..
For the boost in the x direction, the results are : where ζ (lowercase zeta ) is a parameter called rapidity (many other symbols are used, including θ, ϕ, φ, η, ψ, ξ ).
For two boosts along the same direction, the result is another boost, and rapidity provides a natural way to handle this.
He dispatched cases with unprecedented rapidity.
He wrote for the press with great rapidity and rarely made corrections.
If so, then the Younger Dryas is not the unique paleoclimatic event, in terms of size, extent, and rapidity, as it has been often regarded to be.
Many cooking methods are used, with steaming and stir frying being the most favoured due to their convenience and rapidity.
Many, for the sake of simplicity and rapidity of fire, dispensed with adjustable propellant charges.
Naiads can forcefully expel a jet of water to propel themselves with great rapidity.
Pais recounts how his astonishment at the rapidity with which Feynman could calculate using his method.
Shocked by the rapidity of French successes and fearful of the future, the Dutch decided to abandon their nominal allies and made peace with England.
Some believe that heroin produces more euphoria than other opioids; one possible explanation is the presence of 6-monoacetylmorphine, a metabolite unique to heroin – although a more likely explanation is the rapidity of onset.
Common combinations with rapidity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the rapidity 10×
- rapidity of 8×
- and rapidity 4×
- rapidity with 3×
- rapidity and 3×
- great rapidity 3×
- rapidity as 2×