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Speed, swiftness. / (oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).

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celerity

IPA(Pronunciation)

/sɪˈlɛɹɪti/

Noun

uncountable usually dated

Speed, swiftness. / (oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).

Japanese Meaning

速さ、迅速さ / 個々の波の進む速さ

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The firefighter moved with remarkable celerity, rescuing the child before the flames spread.

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消防士は驚くべき迅速さで動き、炎が広がる前に子供を救助した。

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Speed, swiftness.

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.

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(oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).

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(hydrology) The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.

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(telecommunications, dated) The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.

Celerity of dispatching the Chappe telegraph [section title]

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