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celeritie

celeritie is the obsolete spelling of celerity.

Meaning of celerity

Noun

celerity (usually uncountable, plural celerities)

  1. (usually) Speed, swiftness.
    • O most kind maid, / It was the swift celerity of his death, / Which I did think with slower foot came on, / That brain'd my purpose.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Antonyms:
    slowness, lethargy
  2. (usually) The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.
    1. (usually) The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
  3. (dated, usually) The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.
    • Celerity of dispatching the Chappe telegraph [section title]1867, Taliaferro Preston Shaffner, The Telegraph Manual

Questions about celeritie

What is celeritie the obsolete spelling of?
Celeritie is the obsolete spelling of celerity.

Words near celeritie in the dictionary

  1. celeries
  2. celerifere
  3. celeriferes
  4. celeripede
  5. celeripedes
  6. celeritie
  7. celerities
  8. celeritous
  9. celerity
  10. celery
  11. celery cabbage

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