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rapidness

WordNet
Cataracts in the Nile; rapids and obstacles in the river. Top right: Pl.XXVII.no.2.
Cataracts in the Nile; rapids and obstacles in the river. Top right: Pl.XXVII.no.2.
  1. (n) rapidness
    a rate that is rapid
Illustrations
Landscape with rapids and hills. In the foreground to the right are three shepherds and five cattle. Title in Latin in the bottom margin. Numbered bottom right: 14.
Landscape with rapids and hills. In the foreground to the right are three shepherds and five cattle. Title in Latin in the bottom margin. Numbered bottom right: 14.
Landscape with rapids and hills. In the foreground on the right three shepherds and five oxen. Title in Latin in the bottom margin.
Landscape with rapids and hills. In the foreground on the right three shepherds and five oxen. Title in Latin in the bottom margin.
In the brook a rapids. In the left background is a church. Numbered bottom left and right: 6th bundle, Pl. 6.
In the brook a rapids. In the left background is a church. Numbered bottom left and right: 6th bundle, Pl. 6.
Cataracts in the Nile; rapids and obstacles in the river. Top right: Pl.XXVII.
Cataracts in the Nile; rapids and obstacles in the river. Top right: Pl.XXVII.
View of the rapids and eddies in the Naruto Strait, the strait between the Japanese islands of Awaji and Shikoku. In the background mountains and sailing ships.
View of the rapids and eddies in the Naruto Strait, the strait between the Japanese islands of Awaji and Shikoku. In the background mountains and sailing ships.
Hilly landscape with rapids and buildings. In the foreground on the right a man on a small bridge. Title in Latin in the bottom margin. Numbered bottom right: 11.
Hilly landscape with rapids and buildings. In the foreground on the right a man on a small bridge. Title in Latin in the bottom margin. Numbered bottom right: 11.
Landscape with three figures near a river with rapids.
Landscape with three figures near a river with rapids.
A group of trees at a rapids with a view of a building.
A group of trees at a rapids with a view of a building.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first city in the US to put fluoride in their water.
  1. Rapidness
    Quality of being rapid; rapidity.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
The rapid rate of expansion of gas is what gives steam its power. One volume of water, at normal atmospheric pressure and at the boiling point, yields 1,670 volume of steam.
  1. (n) rapidness
    The condition of being rapid, or of acting or proceeding rapidly; rapidity.
Quotations
Dr. Howard Murphy
It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
Dr. Howard Murphy
What is important is not to be able to read rapidly, but to be able to decide what not to read.
James T. Mccay
We live in an era when rapid change breeds fear, and fear too often congeals us into a rigidity which we mistake for stability.
Lynn White
In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
J. Paul Getty
George Washington
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
George Washington
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Usage in the news

Law enforcement officers stand on railroad tracks behind Dave Wright Subaru on Monday, May 14, 2012, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. kcrg.com

File photo The air tower at Gerald R Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids. mlive.com

Grand Rapids, MI- The Aquinas College volleyball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the WHAC tournament yesterday by defeating Lawrence Tech in three sets. mlive.com

Photo taken in Grand Rapids, Mich. mlive.com

Kosher also is growing rapidly in the foodservice sector, but the formulation and handling restrictions are just as considerable as they are for packaged foods. foodprocessing.com

"As Grand Rapids was growing, the movement of people was also south," he said. mlive.com

Chunghwa Telecom Chooses Digital Rapids Encoders and Automation for Live Streaming of 2012 Summer Olympics. tvtechnology.com

Bagger Dave's, Smashburger Coming To Grand Rapids. fgr.com

I was looking through a food industry website last night, and saw an ad for a " Bagger Dave's" coming to Grand Rapids in the old Big Boy on 28th Street by 96 and Meijer. fgr.com

Bagger Dave's Opens-Top 5 Grand Rapids Burger Chains. fgr.com

Bagger Dave's opened Sunday in Grand Rapids in the old Big Boy on 28th Street and Kraft. fgr.com

Here's the top 5 Burger Chains in Grand Rapids. fgr.com

Police departments in Grand Rapids and Wisconsin Rapids are bringing back project ChildSafe. saw.com

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The NCAA today revoked Joe Paterno's 2011 Gerald R Ford award, a leadership honor named for the president who hailed from Grand Rapids. mlive.com

Cory Morse The Grand Rapids Press Traffic makes its way on northbound US 131 on the S-curve in Grand Rapids Thursday, June 30, 2011. mlive.com

Usage in scientific papers

As shown in Fig. 8 the π−/π+ ratio is consistent with unity over the considered rapidity range while the K −/K + ratios drops by ∼ 30% at y = 3 from its mid-rapidity value and the p/p ratio by ∼ 70%.
Experimental summary on global observables, hadron spectra and ratios

Commonly, but not correctly, one considers a system boost invariant within a given rapidity interval if the rapidity distribution dN/dy is constant within that range.
Experimental summary on global observables, hadron spectra and ratios

The BRAHMS collaboration presented at this conference the rapidity distribution of pions, kaons, and protons and their antiparticles over 6 units of rapidity (|y | < 3) for Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV .
Experimental summary on global observables, hadron spectra and ratios

At RHIC we are approaching an almost net-baryon free system with µB ∼ 25 MeV where, for the first time, more baryons are produced at mid-rapidity than transported from beam-rapidity.
Experimental summary on global observables, hadron spectra and ratios

DØ showed a new result on diffractive W production tagged with rapidity gaps (complementing CDF’s earlier result). W production with a rapidity gap is observed at perhaps 1% of the inclusive W rate.
Summary and Highlights of the 14th Topical Conference on Hadron Collider Physics (HCP2002)

Usage in literature

With a throbbing heart, Roderick Hardinge walked rapidly over the brow of the citadel into Upper Town. "The Bastonnais" by John Lesperance

By the middle of the month Winter River was firmly frozen over, except the small rapid at its commencement, which remained open all the winter. "Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2" by John Franklin

The man answered at once, in a rapid flow of broken English. "The Triumph of John Kars" by Ridgwell Cullum

The necessary hotels, lodging houses and restaurants were constructed with astounding rapidity. "Edison's Conquest of Mars" by Garrett Putman Serviss

Their main batteries consisted of 2 7.6-inch rapid fire and 8 6.4-inch rapid fire guns. "Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights" by Kelly Miller

Have teams and plows enough to do the work rapidly. "Talks on Manures" by Joseph Harris

The bay here narrows rapidly, and the shores of Staten and Long Islands are scarcely a mile apart. "Lights and Shadows of New York Life" by James D. McCabe

Anton took a rapid survey of his countenance, and felt his courage return. "Debit and Credit" by Gustav Freytag

The beautiful forests of the Rila district are rapidly disappearing under exploitation. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4" by Various

When they came to the next rapids Joe told Mr. Waterman that he knew these rapids well and that it would be necessary to portage. "Bob Hunt in Canada" by George W. Orton

Usage in poetry
The heath-fowl wing their rapid flight,
The sailing curlew screams,
And on Cairntable's distant height
A speck of sunshine gleams.
"Cameron's Stone" by Alexander Anderson
Rapid as the flash of sabre,
Strong as giant's toss of caber,
Sure as victor's grasp of goal,
Came the love-stroke through his soul
"Lita of the Nile" by Richard Doddridge Blackmore Author object (554)
And who think ye won the battle?
Thus the rapid changes fled—
'Twas the man of mind who conquered,
And the man of swords who fled!
"The March Of Freedom" by Ernest Jones Author object (193)
"From the throne of heaven descending,
Glory, power, and goodness blending,
Grant us, ere the daylight dies,
Token of thy rapid rise,"
"Lita of the Nile" by Richard Doddridge Blackmore Author object (554)
Oh, Time! thy merits who can know?
Thy real nature who discover?
The absent lover calls thee slow,—
"Too rapid," says the happy lover.
"Time And The Lover" by Sir John Carr Author object (618)
Once by twilight came the princess
Up to him with rapid questions:
"I would know thy name, thy nation,
Whence thou comest, who thou art."
"The Azra" by John Hay Author object (379)