English-Thai Dictionary

rapid

ADJ รวดเร็ว  เร็ว  ฉับไว  fast quick speedy ruad-reo

 

rapid-fire

ADJ ซึ่ง เกิดขึ้น อย่างรวดเร็ว  sueng-koed-kuan-yang-ruad-reo

 

rapidity

N ความ ขัน  ความเร็ว 

 

rapidly

ADV อย่างรวดเร็ว  อย่าง ฉับไว  โดยเร็ว  quickly speedily swiftly yang-ruad-reo

 

rapids

N ส่วน ของ แม่น้ำ ที่ มี น้ำ ไหล แรง และ เร็ว  suan-kong-mea-nam-ti-lai-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAPID

a.[L. rapidus, from rapio, the primary sense of which is to rush. ] 1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; as a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
Part shun the goal with rapid wheels.
2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; as rapid growth; rapid improvement.
3. Of quick utterance of words; as a rapid speaker.

 

RAPIDITY

n.[L. rapiditas.] 1. Swiftness; celerity; velocity; as the rapidity of a current; the rapidity of motion of any kind.
2. Haste in utterance; as the rapidity of speech or pronunciation.
3. Quickness of progression or advance; as rapidity of growth or improvement.

 

RAPIDLY

adv. 1. With great speed, celerity or velocity; swiftly; with quick progression; as, to run rapidly; to grow or improve rapidly.
2. With quick utterance; as, to speak rapidly.

 

RAPIDNESS

n.Swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity.

 

RAPIDS

n.plu. The part of a river where the current moves with more celerity than the common current. Rapids imply a considerable descent of the earth, but not sufficient to occasion a fall of the water, or what is called a cascade or cataract.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAPID

Rap "id, a. Etym: [L. rapidus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. rapide. Cf. Harpy, Ravish. ]

 

1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. Milton.

 

2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.

 

3. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.

 

RAPID

Rap "id, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rapide. See Rapid, a.]

 

Defn: The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. Row, brothers, row the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. Moore.

 

RAPID-FIRE; RAPID-FIRING

RAPID-FIRE; RAPID-FIRING Rap "id-fire `, Rap "id-fir `ing, a. (a ) (Gun. ) Firing shots in rapid succession. (b ) (Ordnance ) Capable of being fired rapidly; -- applied to single- barreled guns of greater caliber than small arms, mounted so as to be quickly trained and elevated, with a quick-acting breech mechanism operated by a single motion of a crank or lever (abbr. R. F.); specif. : (1 )

 

Defn: In the United States navy, designating such a gun using fixed ammunition or metallic cartridge cases; -- distinguished from breech- loading (abbr. B. L.), applied to all guns loading with the charge in bags, and formerly from quick-fire. Rapid-fire guns in the navy also sometimes include automatic or semiautomatic rapid-fire guns; the former being automatic guns of not less than one inch caliber, firing a shell of not less than one pound weight, the explosion of each cartridge operating the mechanism for ejecting the empty shell, loading, and firing the next shot, the latter being guns that require one operation of the hand at each discharge, to load the gun. (2 )

 

Defn: In the United States army, designating such a gun, whether using fixed or separate ammunition, designed chiefly for use in coast batteries against torpedo vessels and the lightly armored batteries or other war vessels and for the protection of defensive mine fields;-- not distinguished from quick-fire. (3 )

 

Defn: In Great Britain and Europe used, rarely, as synonymous with quick-fire.

 

RAPID-FIRE MOUNT

RAPID-FIRE MOUNT Rapid-fire mount. (Ordnance )

 

Defn: A mount permitting easy and quick elevation or depression and training of the gun, and fitting with a device for taking up the recoil.

 

RAPIDITY

Ra *pid "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. rapiditas: cf. F. rapidité. ]

 

Defn: The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of growth or improvement.

 

Syn. -- -- Rapidness; haste; speed; celerity; velocity; swiftness; fleetness; quickness; agility.

 

RAPIDLY

RAPIDLY Rap "id *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a rapid manner.

 

RAPIDNESS

RAPIDNESS Rap "id *ness, n.

 

Defn: Quality of being rapid; rapidity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rapid

rap id |ˈrapid ˈræpəd | ▶adjective happening in a short time or at a fast pace: the country's rapid economic decline | he was disposing of wives in rapid succession. • (of movement or activity ) characterized by great speed: his breathing was rapid and jerky. ▶noun (usu. rapids ) a fast-flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river. DERIVATIVES rap id ly adverb, rap id ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin rapidus, from rapere ‘take by force. ’

 

Rapid City

Rap id Cit y |ræpɪdˈsɪti | a city in southwestern South Dakota, the commercial center for Black Hills and Mount Rushmore tourism; pop. 65,491 (est. 2008 ).

 

rapid eye movement

rap id eye move ment ▶noun a jerky motion of a person's eyes occurring in REM sleep.

 

rapid-fire

rap id-fire |ˈræpəd ˈˌfaɪ (ə )r | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (esp. of something said in dialogue or done in a sequence ) unhesitating and rapid: a rapid-fire exchange of questions and answers. • (of a gun ) able to fire shots in rapid succession.

 

rapidity

ra pid i ty |rəˈpidətē rəˈpɪdəti | ▶noun the quality of moving or reacting with great speed: the fish sink into the sand with such rapidity that it must be seen to be believed. • the fact of happening at a great rate; swiftness: technology spreads with extraordinary rapidity.

 

rapid transit

rap id tran sit |ˈˌræpəd ˈtrænzət | ▶noun [ usu. as modifier ] a form of high-speed urban passenger transportation such as a subway or elevated railroad system.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rapid

rapid |ˈrapɪd | ▶adjective happening in a short time or at a great rate: the country's rapid economic decline | they lost three wickets in rapid succession. • (of an action ) characterized by great speed: they made a rapid exit. ▶noun (usu. rapids ) a fast-flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river. DERIVATIVES rapidness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin rapidus, from rapere ‘take by force ’.

 

Rapid City

Rap id Cit y |ræpɪdˈsɪti | a city in southwestern South Dakota, the commercial center for Black Hills and Mount Rushmore tourism; pop. 65,491 (est. 2008 ).

 

rapid eye movement

rapid eye move |ment ▶noun a jerky motion of a person's eyes occurring in REM sleep.

 

rapid-fire

rap id-fire |ˈræpəd ˈˌfaɪ (ə )r | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (esp. of something said in dialogue or done in a sequence ) unhesitating and rapid: a rapid-fire exchange of questions and answers. • (of a gun ) able to fire shots in rapid succession.

 

rapid-fire

rapid-fire ▶adjective another term for quick-fire.

 

rapidity

rap ¦id |ity |rəˈpɪdɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of moving or reacting with great speed: the fish sank into the sand with such rapidity that it must be seen to be believed. • the fact of happening at a great rate; swiftness: technology spreads with extraordinary rapidity.

 

rapidly

rap |id ¦ly |ˈrapɪdli | ▶adverb very quickly; at a great rate: the business is expanding rapidly | the problem is rapidly worsening.

 

rapid transit

rapid tran |sit ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ usu. as modifier ] a form of high-speed urban passenger transport such as an elevated railway system.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rapid

rapid adjective his rapid rise to stardom: quick, fast, swift, speedy, expeditious, express, brisk; lightning, meteoric, whirlwind; sudden, instantaneous, instant, immediate; hurried, hasty, precipitate; informal pretty damn quick, PDQ; literary fleet. ANTONYMS slow.

 

rapidly

rapidly adverb a new computer worm spread rapidly through the Internet on Tuesday: quickly, fast, swiftly, speedily, at the speed of light, posthaste, at full tilt, briskly; hurriedly, hastily, in haste, in a rush, precipitately; informal like a shot, pretty damn quick, PDQ, in a flash, on the double, like a bat out of hell, like lightning, like greased lightning, like mad, like the wind, lickety-split; literary apace. ANTONYMS slowly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rapid

rapid adjective his rapid rise to stardom | they made a rapid exit: quick, fast, swift, speedy, high-speed, expeditious, express, brisk, lively, prompt, flying, fleeting, lightning, meteoric, overnight, whirlwind, fast-track, whistle-stop; sudden, instantaneous, immediate, instant, hurried, hasty, abrupt, sharp, precipitate, breakneck, headlong; informal p.d.q. (pretty damn quick ); literary fleet; rare alacritous, volant. ANTONYMS slow, leisurely.

 

rapidity

rapidity noun quickness, swiftness, speed, speediness, briskness, expeditiousness, alacrity, dispatch, velocity, promptness, promptitude; suddenness, immediacy, instantaneousness, hurriedness, haste, hastiness, abruptness, precipitateness; literary fleetness, celerity.

 

rapidly

rapidly adverb he drove rapidly to the scene of the accident: quickly, fast, swiftly, speedily, at (full ) speed, at the speed of light, post-haste, hotfoot, at full tilt, as fast as one's legs can carry one, at a gallop, expeditiously, briskly, promptly; hurriedly, in a hurry, fast and furious, hastily, in haste, in a rush, precipitately, abruptly; informal like a shot, double quick, p.d.q. (pretty damn quick ), before one can say Jack Robinson, in a flash, hell for leather, at warp speed, pronto, at the double, like a bat out of hell, like (greased ) lightning, like a madman /madwoman, like mad, like crazy, like blazes, like a streak, like the wind, like a bomb, like nobody's business, like a scalded cat, like the deuce, a mile a minute, before the ink is dry on the page, before one can say knife; Brit. informal like the clappers, at a rate of knots, like billy-o; N. Amer. informal lickety-split; literary apace. ANTONYMS slowly.

 

Duden Dictionary

rapid

ra pid Adjektiv österreichisch nur so, sonst besonders süddeutsch rapide |rap i d |französisch rapide < lateinisch rapidus = schnell, ungestüm, (fort )reißend, zu: rapere = fortreißen in schnellem Tempo vor sich gehend eine rapide Entwicklung | der Preisverfall war rapid | ihr Gesundheitszustand verschlechtert sich rapid | mit ihm geht es rapid bergauf, abwärts

 

rapidamente

ra pi da men te Adverb Musik |rapidam e nte |lateinisch-italienisch sehr schnell, rasend Vortragsanweisung

 

rapide

ra pi de Adjektiv rapid |rap i de |französisch rapide < lateinisch rapidus = schnell, ungestüm, (fort )reißend, zu: rapere = fortreißen in schnellem Tempo vor sich gehend

 

Rapidität

Ra pi di tät Substantiv, feminin , die |Rapidit ä t |lateinisch-französisch Blitzesschnelle, Ungestüm

 

rapido

ra pi do Adverb Musik |r a pido |lateinisch-italienisch sehr schnell, rasch Vortragsanweisung

 

French Dictionary

rapide

rapide adj. et n. m. adjectif 1 Qui va très vite. : Une voiture rapide, un chien rapide. Les enfants marchaient d ’un pas rapide. 2 Qui se fait sans délai. : Des réflexes rapides. Un calcul rapide. Des conclusions rapides, qui vont droit au but. nom masculin 1 Train qui ne s ’arrête que dans les villes les plus importantes. : Le rapide va moins vite que le train à grande vitesse (TGV ). 2 Partie d ’un cours d ’eau, souvent hérissée de rochers, où le courant devient rapide et agité par suite d ’un resserrement du lit ou d ’une faible augmentation de la pente (Recomm. off. ). : Ils ont descendu les rapides en canot. Note Typographique Les noms génériques de géographie s ’écrivent avec une minuscule. Note Technique En ce dernier sens, ne pas confondre avec les noms suivants: – cascade, chute d ’eau de faible débit, comportant ordinairement plusieurs paliers; – cataracte, chute d ’un grand cours d ’eau, dont la dénivelée est importante; – chute, masse d ’eau tombant brusquement à l ’emplacement d ’une rupture de pente.

 

rapidement

rapidement adv. adverbe Avec rapidité. : Delphine est essoufflée parce qu ’elle a grimpé au sommet de la montagne trop rapidement.

 

rapidité

rapidité n. f. nom féminin Grande vitesse. : La rapidité d ’un avion. Il a renvoyé la balle avec rapidité.

 

Spanish Dictionary

rapidez

rapidez nombre femenino 1 Cualidad de rápido :la principal virtud del equipo era la rapidez de sus delanteros; para tomar una curva de trayectoria cerrada con rapidez yendo en bicicleta, es necesario inclinarla hacia el interior de la curva .SINÓNIMO velocidad .ANTÓNIMO lentitud .2 Relación que se establece entre el espacio o la distancia que recorre un objeto y el tiempo que invierte en ello :se puede decir que dos móviles tienen la misma rapidez si recorren la misma distancia en el mismo tiempo; la Tierra tiene una rapidez lineal, cuando gira alrededor del Sol, de 30 km /s .SINÓNIMO velocidad .3 Relación existente entre el desarrollo de una acción, proceso o fenómeno físico y el tiempo transcurrido :puedes mejorar la rapidez lectora si disminuyes el número de paradas que realizas .SINÓNIMO velocidad .

 

rápido, -da

rápido, -da adjetivo 1 Que va a gran velocidad o que invierte poco tiempo, o menos tiempo del que se considera normal, en moverse o desarrollarse :la rápida expansión de la enfermedad ha hecho que las autoridades tomen medidas; con un movimiento rápido se apartó de la carretera; las arritmias pueden consistir en un latido demasiado rápido o un latido extremadamente débil; quiere convertir a su velero en el buque sin motor más rápido del mundo .SINÓNIMO veloz .ANTÓNIMO lento .2 Que tarda poco tiempo o menos tiempo del que se considera normal en llegar a su desenlace :una muerte rápida .ANTÓNIMO lento .3 Que se hace de forma superficial o con mucha velocidad :una lectura rápida del texto .4 [persona, animal ] Que se mueve, actúa o hace una cosa muy deprisa, empleando poco tiempo o menos tiempo del que se considera normal :un trabajador rápido; un ciclista muy rápido .SINÓNIMO veloz .ANTÓNIMO lento .5 [persona ] Que reacciona a los estímulos o comprende las cosas con prontitud :una persona rápida de reflejos .ANTÓNIMO lento, tardo .6 nombre masculino Parte del curso de un río en que el agua aumenta notablemente su velocidad y circula de forma turbulenta debido a la pendiente acusada del terreno, a la estrechez del cauce y al lecho rocoso e irregular .SINÓNIMO rabión .7 Esp Tren destinado al transporte de personas que solo se detiene en las principales estaciones de su recorrido para intentar alcanzar una alta velocidad :perdieron el rápido y tuvieron que tomar un semidirecto .También tren rápido .8 rápido adverbio A gran velocidad, con rapidez :habla tan rápido que no se le entiende .SINÓNIMO rápidamente .ANTÓNIMO despacio, lento .9 rápido En muy poco tiempo :todo sucedió muy rápido .SINÓNIMO rápidamente .ANTÓNIMO despacio .10 rápido Con prontitud, enseguida :tengo que volver rápido a mi puesto de trabajo .SINÓNIMO rápidamente . VÉASE comida rápida; vía rápida .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rapid

rap id /rǽpɪd /〖rape 1 (急速 )id (な )〗(名 )rapidity, (副 )rapidly 形容詞 more ～; most ～/～er ; ～est 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 急激な , 急速な , 速い 〈変化など 〉(→fast 1 コーパスの窓 )▸ the rapid growth of the Internet インターネットの急速な成長 ▸ a rapid increase in population 人口の急激な増加 2 すばやい , 敏速な , 速い 〈動き 行動など 〉(fast 1 )▸ click twice in rapid succession すばやく2回続けてクリックする 3 急に下る 〈坂など 〉(steep 1 ).名詞 ｟英 ｠〖通例 ～s 〗急流 , 早瀬 (whitewater )▸ a trip down the rapids 急流下りの旅 ▸ shoot the rapids 急流を乗り切る .～̀ é ye m ò vement 急速眼球運動, レム (｟略 ｠REM ) 〘睡眠中に眼球が急速に動く現象 〙.～̀ re á ction f ò rce 緊急対応部隊 .～̀ tr á nsit (s ỳ stem )｟主に米 ｠(列車による都市での )高速移動 (システム ).

 

rapid-fire

r à pid-f í re 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 続けざまの, 矢継ぎ早の 〈質問 冗談など 〉; 早口でまくしたてる 〈言葉など 〉.2 速射ができる 〈銃など 〉.3 ｟米 報道 ｠きわめて迅速な 〈経済活動など 〉.

 

rapidity

ra pid i ty /rəpɪ́dəti /→rapid 名詞 U 迅速さ , 急速さ , すばやさ , 早さ ▸ with astonishing rapidity 驚くほどの速さで

 

rapidly

rap id ly /rǽpɪdli /→rapid 副詞 more ～; most ～(変化 動きなどが )急速に , 迅速に ▸ a rapidly growing industry 急速に成長している産業

 

rapid-response

r à pid-resp ó nse 形容詞 緊急対応の .