celerity

n.
Swiftness of action or motion; speed. See synonyms at haste.

[French célérité, from Old French, from Latin celeritās, from celer, swift.]

noun

Rapidness of movement or activity: dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness. See fast/slow/velocity.

n

Definition: swiftness
Antonyms: slowness, sluggishness

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In a river, the square root of the product of the acceleration due to gravity and the mean depth of the river flow. See also Froude number.

IN BRIEF: Rapidity of motion or action.

They moved with great celerity when they heard about the flood.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hast

Nederlands (Dutch)
snelheid

Français (French)
n. - célérité (sout)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schnelligkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ταχύτητα

Italiano (Italian)
velocità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - celeridade (f)

Русский (Russian)
проворство

Español (Spanish)
n. - rapidez, velocidad, celeridad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snabbhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
敏捷, 快速

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 敏捷, 快速

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 신속, 기민함

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 敏速

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سرعه, عجله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מהירות‬

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