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rapid |
4 definitions found 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]: RAPID Resource And Performance Interactive Display system
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