celerity

n. 迅速, 快速

发音

/sɪˈlɛɹɪti/
US /səˈlɛr.ɪ.ti/

词形变化

celerities 复数 celerities

别名

celeritie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Speed, swiftness.

    不可数
  2. 2.

    The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.

    不可数 气象
  3. 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.

    不可数 气象
  4. 4.

    The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.

    过时 不可数 媒体 工程

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

rapidity quickness rapidness speediness

上位词 2

rate pace

下位词 10

expedition dispatch immediacy despatch expeditiousness fleetness immediateness instancy instantaneousness promptitude

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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