Added 9 October 2026
celerity
/sɪˈlɛɹɪti/ noun
Latin root: celeritas Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about celerity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Speed, swiftness.
- The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c. The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
- The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.
Origin
From Old French celeritee (compare French célérité), from Latin celeritas, from celer (“fast, swift”).
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