Definition of Celerety
Ce*ler"i*ty (?), n. [L.
celeritas, from celer swiftm speedy: sf. F.
célérité.] Rapidity of motion;
quickness; swiftness.
Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly
to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight.
Johnson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (in literary usage) Speed.
disposing of the parsnip wine with a celerity which might have been due to eagerness but, to Harriett, rather suggested a reluctance to let the draught linger on the palate.
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- (oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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