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• Raphides

  [raf-i-deez] /ˈræf ɪˌdiz/ plural noun, singular raphide [rey-fahyd] /ˈreɪ faɪd/ (Show IPA), raphis [rey-fis] /ˈreɪ fɪs/ (Show IPA). Botany. 1. acicular crystals, usually composed of calcium oxalate, that occur in bundles in the cells of many plants. raphide (rā’fīd) Plural raphides (rāf’ĭ-dēz’) One of a bundle of needlelike crystals of calcium oxalate occurring in many […]

• Rapid

  [rap-id] /ˈræp ɪd/ adjective, sometimes, rapider, rapidest. 1. occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth. 2. moving or acting with great speed; swift: a rapid worker. 3. characterized by speed: rapid motion. noun 4. Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly. /ˈræpɪd/ adjective 1. (of an action […]

• Rapidan

  [rap-i-dan] /ˌræp ɪˈdæn/ noun 1. a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.

• Rapid application development

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