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RAPIDS

\ɹˈapɪdz], \ɹˈapɪdz], \ɹ_ˈa_p_ɪ_d_z]\

Definitions of RAPIDS

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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Part of a stream where the current runs swiftly.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Those portions of a river-course-often obstructed by rocks-where the current moves with much greater swiftness than the ordinary flow of the stream.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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