Word of the Day:
rapidity
What It Means
speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light; defined as artanh(v), where artanh is the hyperbolic arctangent, and v = speed (with c = speed of light = 1).
A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis
Rapidity in Context
“In clinical practice, the generation of diagnostic hypotheses occurs especially readily and rapidly in subdisciplines such as dermatology, where gross appearance of lesions is of particular importance diagnostically[…]. The primacy of macroscopy in paleopathology means that the activation of...”
Did You Know?
From rapid + -ity, from French rapidité, from Latin rapiditas.
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