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rapid

adj
/ˈɹæpɪd/CA

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rep- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rp-i-der. Proto-Italic *rapjō Latin rapiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rapidusder. Middle French rapidebor. ▲ Latin rapidusbor. English rapid Borrowed from Middle French rapide and its etymon Latin rapidus.

  1. borrowed from rapidus
  2. borrowed from rapide

Definitions

  1. Very swift or quick.

    • a rapid stream
    • rapid growth
    • rapid improvement

  2. Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)

  3. Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Violent, severe.

    2. Happy.

    3. Rapidly.

    4. A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and…

      A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.

    5. A burst of rapid fire.

    6. Ellipsis of rapid chess.

      • In these rapid games we had just twenty-five minutes each to make all our moves, a far cry from traditional chess, where games can last up to seven hours.
      • I haven’t played against Wesley So—I’ve played him a bunch online in rapid games, but not in classical rounds.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rapid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at rapid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at rapid

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA