See Also: rapid(dictionary)
rapid(dictionary)
Rapid ragu(recipes)
rapid-fire(dictionary)
rapid-response(dictionary)
rapid eye movements(medicine)
rapid demineralization(medicine)
rapid decompression(medicine)
rapid canities(medicine)
non-rapid eye movement(medicine)

rapid (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: rapidus 'seizing, sweeping away', from rapere; RAPE1]
happening or done very quickly and in a very short time
-see also fast fast, quick quick
::The patient made a rapid recovery.
rapid growth/expansion/development/increase
::rapid population growth
::a period of rapid decline
::He fired three times in rapid succession (=one after another) .
-- rapidity /rE5pIdZti/ n [U]
::Their debts mounted with alarming rapidity.