celerity

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɪˈlɛɹɪti/
• (America)

Noun

celerity (uncountable)

1. Speed, swiftness.
   • c. 1604, William Shakespeare, act 5, in Measure for Measure:

     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. (oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).
3. (hydrology) The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
4. (telecommunications, dated) The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.

Related terms

• accelerate
• celeripede
• decelerate

Translations

• French: célérité
• Portuguese: celeridade
• Spanish: celeridad

Translations

• French: célérité
• Portuguese: celeridade

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