Rapidity \Ra*pid"i*ty\ (r[.a]*p[i^]d"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. rapiditas: cf. F. rapidit['e].] The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement.
And the German question is _ I've heard many leaders speak about the German question, and I don't think it is the role of the United States to _ to dictate the rapidity of change in any country.
"I was amazed at the rapidity with which this occurred," he said. "I saw another case a year later.
I think the fact that it was raised and then responded to with this rapidity is a good sign.
He justified his actions by invoking the rapidity of change.
Improvement in efficiency and reduction of costs have to become an integral part of the work of the Bank.' The task is made urgent by the criticism of the institution and by the rapidity with which the world continues to change.
The new test's rapidity is likely to appeal to physicians who test individual patients and to laboratories and blood banks that do a small volume of AIDS blood testing.
"We live in exciting times," President Bush observed. "The rapidity of change is mind-boggling." Indeed it was.
With the rapidity that can only occur in drama or opera, he takes her away from the squalor of the bar, spends the night with her, and marries her.
The German politician pleaded for understanding from Americans impatient with Germany's slow response to the U.S. request for financial aid for the war against Iraq, attributing it to the rapidity with which Germany is changing.
And I _ there may be some strains in one country or another viewing the rapidity of change differently than we do. But what I suggested to our NATO allies is let's go forward with the agreements we've got out there _ the CFE, let's get it done.