
Meaning of SWIFTNESS
| Pronunciation: | | sw'iftnus
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" |
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SWIFTNESS is a 9 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | fastness, speed |
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| | See Also: | | acceleration, deceleration, execution speed, graduality, gradualness, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, pace, precipitation, rate, retardation, slowing | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Swift"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness;
celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird;
the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling
body; swiftness of thought, etc.
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