RAPID
\ɹˈapɪd], \ɹˈapɪd], \ɹ_ˈa_p_ɪ_d]\
Definitions of RAPID
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a part of a river where the current is very fast
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done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks"
By Princeton University
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a part of a river where the current is very fast
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done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
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Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.
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Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
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The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; - usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.
By Oddity Software
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Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
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Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.
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Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
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The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; - usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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RAPIDNESS.
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Very quick or swift; speedy.
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The part of a river where the current flows rapidly. Rapids imply a considerable descent of water, but not equal to a cataract. See Rapacious.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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