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Meaning of "celerity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CELERITY

From Old French celerite, from Latin celeritās, from celer swift.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CELERITY

celerity  [sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CELERITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Celerity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CELERITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Celerity

Celerity may refer to: ▪ Speed, quickness ▪ Celerity BBS, a computer bulletin board system popular in the 1990s ▪ Celerity Computing Inc., defunct San Diego, California vendor of Unix-based "supermini" computers ▪ A power of supernatural quickness possessed by vampires in the roleplaying games Vampire: The Requiem and Vampire: The Masquerade ▪ The phase speed – speed of propagation – of an ocean surface wave or other wave on the surface of a liquid ▪ Another name for proper velocity, an alternative way of measuring motion in relativity...

Definition of celerity in the English dictionary

The definition of celerity in the dictionary is rapidity; swiftness; speed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CELERITY


alterity
ɔːlˈtɛrɪtɪ
ambidexterity
ˌæmbɪdɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
asperity
æˈspɛrɪtɪ
austerity
ɒˈstɛrɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
charity
ˈtʃærɪtɪ
coprosperity
ˌkəʊprɒˈspɛrɪtɪ
dexterity
dɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
ferity
ˈfɛrɪtɪ
majority
məˈdʒɒrɪtɪ
minority
maɪˈnɒrɪtɪ
posterity
pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ
pretty
ˈprɪtɪ
procerity
prəʊˈsɛrɪtɪ
prosperity
prɒˈspɛrɪtɪ
security
sɪˈkjʊərɪtɪ
sinisterity
ˌsɪnɪˈstɛrɪtɪ
temerity
tɪˈmɛrɪtɪ
verity
ˈvɛrɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CELERITY

celebrative
celebrator
celebratory
celebreality
celebrities
celebrity
celebrity status
celebrity wedding
celebutante
celeriac
celery
celery pine
celesta
celeste
celestial
celestial body
Celestial Empire
celestial equator
celestial globe
celestial guidance

WORDS THAT END LIKE CELERITY

breach of security
clarity
homeland security
in the majority
indexterity
insincerity
integrity
inverity
jequerity
legerity
maturity
priority
purity
queerity
severity
similarity
sincerity
social security
solidarity
sorority

Synonyms and antonyms of celerity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CELERITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «celerity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of celerity

Translation of «celerity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CELERITY

Find out the translation of celerity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of celerity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «celerity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

波速
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

celeridad
570 millions of speakers

English

celerity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज्लदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سرعته
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Стремительность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

celeridade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

célérité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Celerity
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geschwindigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セレリティ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

민첩함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Celerity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

celerity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्रुतगतीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sürat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

celerità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

celerity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стрімкість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

celeritate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταχύτητα,
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

celerity
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

celerity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

celerity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of celerity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CELERITY»

The term «celerity» is regularly used and occupies the 104.802 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CELERITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «celerity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «celerity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about celerity

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QUOTES WITH «CELERITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word celerity.
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Cleopatra
Celerity is never more admired than by the negligent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CELERITY»

Discover the use of celerity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to celerity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kinematic Wave Modeling in Water Resources, Surface-Water ...
Vijay P. Singh. 100 0.1- 10.0 CHMEMSONLESS WAVE NUMBER 1000 Viewing this in light of F0 = 2, it is clear that for FQ < 2, the celerity of a dynamic wave propagation downstream is larger than kinematic wave celerity and smaller than  ...
Vijay P. Singh, 1996
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Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow
The wave celerity equals: (3.25) where C is the celerity of a small free-surface disturbance in open channel flow. The Froude number may be written in a form analogous to the Sarrau–Mach number (see Section 3.3.4) in gas flow, as the ratio ...
Hubert Chanson, 2004
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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of ...
That is, if the Force of V be able to move the Weight P, according to the Celerity C ; then will the Force m V, move the fame Weight P, in the Celerity m C 5 or with the bare Celerity C •□, the Weight m P : Or, in one word, it will be able to move ...
John Harris, 1725
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Acta germanica; or, The literary memoirs of Germany, &c: ...
remain to the agent A the celerity ij after the second congress: And if in fine, it impinge with this celerity- on the equal, but quiescent ball D, it will after this third impulse be at re"st, and the patient D will obtain that celerity j , which the agent A  ...
Society of Gentlemen, 1742
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Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy ...
the incident Ray makes the fmalleft Angle with the Surface feparating the Mediums ; de in this Cafe will reprefent the Celerity acquir'd by the Attraction, and with which the Light goes out of the Space of Attraction. 2821. 1^ tne Light enters the ...
G. James Storm van St. Gravesande, 1747
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An Introduction to a General System of Hydrostaticks and ...
As then the Celerity common to both is s C, but to different Parts : Accordingly . after Collision, (by Reason of these Celerities) A will be carried with the Celerity — s C, backwards ; and B, with that of 4- s C, forwards : But let these Celerities be  ...
Stephen Switzer, 1729
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Basic Wave Mechanics: For Coastal and Ocean Engineers
... structure crest width B0 Wave orthogonal spacing in deep water C Wave celerity; Chezy resistance coefficient C0 Wave celerity in deep water Cg Wave group celerity Cr Wave reflection coefficient CR Prototype to model wave celerity ratio C, ...
Robert M. Sorensen, 1993
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The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
2. Therefore, if the power or force V move the weight P, then the force to V will move to P, other circumstances being alike, as suppose through the same space in the same time, that is, with the same celerity. 3. Also, if the power move the body ...
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1665-1672: 1665-1672
Therefore, if the power or force F move the weight P, then the force m F will move m P, other circumstances being alike, as suppose through the same space in the same time, that is, with the same celerity. 3. Also, if the power move the body ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), Charles Hutton, George Shaw, 1809
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The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and ...
The Second Definition is that of Celerity, which is said to be an Affection pt!fi'a. Im' °f Motion by which the Body, which is mov'd, pastes thro' a given Space in a given Dr. Keili's Time, against which there are two Objections. ]>hys*Le&?'j. First ...
Robert Greene, 1727

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CELERITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term celerity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Four Ways to Trigger a Digital Marketing Disaster
In my search for root cause, I spent time with Margaret Rogers, the Senior Director of Digital Strategy at Celerity. She helps mid-market ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Says Taxes Take Money Out Of Markets
... taxes must always be proportional, in a great degree, to the quantity of money in circulation and to the celerity (speed) with which it circulates. «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
3
Nick Gordon Claims Too Much Drugs Led To Bobby Kristina Brown's …
He is already facing a lawsuit filed by the celerity child's family, accusing him of physical abuse and emotional distress. Meanwhile, Brown has ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
4
Guest Post: How predictive analytics can make sure you are one …
By Jason Lark, managing director of Celerity. Travel marketing can be highly intuitive, mostly because people's travel habits are quite ... «Travolution, Jul 15»
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Donald Trump now claims he's suing NBC, throws Brian Williams …
To us, the real question is whether or not they will hire someone else to host “The Celerity Apprentice.” There have to be other billionaires out ... «CarterMatt.com, Jun 15»
6
Southern Maryland home sales
Leland Pl., 11444-Celerity Ventures Corp. to Dominique Covington, $226,000. Pierce Rd., 12081-John Heilmeier to Federal National Mortgage ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
7
Why Are White Racists Always Called “White Trash"?
... since the violent death of that great black church leader Martin Luther King Jr., white Americans have lived in a country where the celerity with ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
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Johnathan Cyprien to host charity softball game at FIU June 26
Attendees will get to enjoy autograph sessions with the celerity guests in attendance and sign up for raffles to win various prizes. Pre-game ... «FIU News, Jun 15»
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Parliamentary opposition
Whatever Freedom House decides, it is important that it injects some urgency into the process, and operates with more celerity than Mr Rohee ... «Stabroek News, Jun 15»
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Hydrus Celerity Fund Filing. Carl Schmidt Submitted Jun 19 Form D
The Connecticut-based Hydrus Celerity Fund Llc had published Form D because of $100,000 offering. This is a new filing. The Limited Liability ... «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Celerity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/celerity>. Apr 2024 ».
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