Толковый словарь английского языка - rapid
Rapid
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I. adjective Etymology: Latin ~us seizing, sweeping, ~, from rapere to seize, sweep away; akin to Lithuanian aprėpti to embrace Date: 1634 marked by a fast rate of motion, activity, succession, or occurrence, see: fast ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1765 a part of a river where the current is fast and the surface is usually broken by obstructions
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adj. & n. --adj. (rapider, rapidest) 1 quick, swift. 2 acting or completed in a short time. 3 (of a slope) descending steeply. 4 Photog. fast. --n. (usu. in pl.) a steep descent in a river-bed, with a swift current. Phrases and idioms rapid eye-movement a type of jerky movement of the eyes during periods of dreaming. rapid-fire (attrib.) fired, asked, etc., in quick succession. rapid transit (attrib.) denoting high-speed urban transport of passengers. Derivatives rapidity n. rapidly adv. rapidness n. Etymology: L rapidus f. rapere seize ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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