celerity

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /səˈlɛr.ɪ.ti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Speed, swiftness. uncountable,usually
    — O most kind maid, / It was the swift celerity of his death, / Which I did think with slower foot came on, / That brain'd my purpose.
  2. The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c. uncountable,usually
  3. The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.; The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain. uncountable,usually
  4. The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate. dated,uncountable,usually
    — Celerity of dispatching the Chappe telegraph [section title]

词形变化

celerities plural

词汇关系

相关词
accelerate celeripede decelerate

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kel-der.
Latin celer
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin celeritāsder.
Old French celeriteeder.
English celerity
From Old French celeritee (compare French célérité), from Latin celeritas, from celer (“fast, swift”).
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