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celerity

/sɪˈlɛɹɪti/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Speed, swiftness.
  2. The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).
  3. The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
  4. The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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