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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapid \Rap"id\, a. [L. rapidus, fr rapere to seize and carry
off to snatch or hurry away perhaps akin to Gr ?; cf F.
rapide. Cf {Harpy}, {Ravish}.]
1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast as a
rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. --Milton.
2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in
quick sequence; as rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid
recurrence; rapid succession.
3. Quick in execution; as a rapid penman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapid \Rap"id\, n. [Cf. F. rapide. See {Rapid}, a.]
The part of a river where the current moves with great
swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; --
usually in the plural; as the Lachine rapids in the St
Lawrence.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rapid
adj 1: done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise
through the ranks"
2: characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving
with high speed; "a rapid movment"; "a speedy car"; "a
speedy errand boy" [syn: {speedy}]
n : a part of a river where the current is very fast
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
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