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rapid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | speedy |
| Derivation | rapidity, rapidness |
a rapid movement.
rapid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | waterway |
rapid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | rapidity, rapidness |
a rapid rise through the ranks.
Examples of rapid
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Is there a faster punch in the league than Jason Goulet's rapid-fire right hand?
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The economy has rebounded, thanks in large part to Fraga's rapid-fire rate cuts.
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In industry after industry, rapid-fire change is putting executives to the test.
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In fact, GM Daewoo may be the biggest beneficiary of GM's rapid growth in China.
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Since 2003, the stock has been on a rapid ascent, especially over the past year.
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The economy's rapid rebound from the recession has caused small stocks to surge.
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Develop database-driven Web interfaces for rapid, real-time information sharing.
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This one, YU55, jumped out because of its unusual path and rapid speed, he said.
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The most rapid growth continues in poorer states, notably in the north and east.
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- A part of a river where the current is very fast
- Done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks"
- Characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy"
- (rapidly) quickly: with rapid movements; "he works quickly"
- (rapidness) celerity: a rate that is rapid
- A rapid is a section of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. A rapid is a hydrological feature between a run (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a cascade. ...
- RAPID is a high-level programming language used to control ABB industrial robots. RAPID was introduced along with S4 Control System in 1994 by ABB, superceeding the ARLA programming language.
- In relativity, rapidity is an alternative to speed as a framework for measuring motion. On parallel velocities (say, in one-dimensional space) rapidities are simply additive, unlike speeds at relativistic velocities. ...
- (RAPIDS) The Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) system used to issue the definitive credential within DoD. ...
