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English
Etymology
French célérité > Latin celeritas > Latin celer, fast, swift.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- italbrac|in literary usage Speed.
#:"disposing of the parsnip wine with a celerity which might have been due to eagerness but, to Harriett, rather suggested a reluctance to let the draught linger on the palate." —Wikipedia:Dorothy Sayers|Dorothy Sayers
- context|oceanography The speed of individual wave|waves (as oppose|opposed to the speed of groups of waves).
Translations
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French: célérité f
Korean: (���) 민첩�, 기민�
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Norwegian: seleritet
Spanish: celeridad f
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trans-top|speed of individual waves
French: célérité f
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