rapidity

  • 121rapidness — noun a rate that is rapid • Syn: ↑celerity, ↑quickness, ↑rapidity, ↑speediness • Derivationally related forms: ↑speedy (for: ↑speediness), ↑rapi …

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  • 122speediness — noun a rate that is rapid • Syn: ↑celerity, ↑quickness, ↑rapidity, ↑rapidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑speedy, ↑rapid (for: ↑rapidness) …

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  • 123ve|loc|i|ty — «vuh LOS uh tee», noun, plural ties, adjective. –n. 1. quickness of motion; speed; swiftness; rapidity: »to fly with the velocity of a bird. [The flood] burst on them…whirling great trees and fragments of houses past with incredible velocity… …

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  • 124UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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  • 125Законы Йеркса — Додсона — Законы Р.М. Йеркса и Дж.Д. Додсона эмпирические закономерности, связывающие мотивацию и качество деятельности. В первом законе определяется, что соотношение мотивации и качества деятельности выражается колоколообразным графиком: при повышении… …

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  • 126Accidental color — Color Col or (k[u^]l [ e]r), n. [Written also {colour}.] [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See {Helmet}.] 1. A property depending on the relations of light to… …

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  • 127Acetic fermentation — Fermentation Fer men*ta tion (f[ e]r m[e^]n*t[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. fermentation.] 1. The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance… …

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  • 128Acetous fermentation — Fermentation Fer men*ta tion (f[ e]r m[e^]n*t[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. fermentation.] 1. The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance… …

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