Rapidity
[ruh-pid-i-tee] /rəˈpɪd ɪ ti/
noun
1.
a state or quality; quickness; celerity.
n.
1650s, from French rapidité and directly from Latin rapiditatem (nominative rapiditas) “swiftness, rapidity, velocity,” from rapidus “hasty, swift, rapid” (see rapid).
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