rapidity
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
- (countable, uncountable) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light; defined as artanh(v), where artanh is the hyperbolic arctangent, and v = speed (with c = speed of light = 1).
- (countable, uncountable) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis
Synonyms
rapid movement
veloctiy
snelheid
rapidité
rapidez
SchnelligkeitPronounced as (IPA)
/ɹəˈpɪdɪti/
Etymology
From rapid + -ity, from French rapidité, from Latin rapiditas.
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