rapid - What does it mean?

Adjective

(en-adj)

Very swift or quick.

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels.

* {{quote-book|year=1922|author=(Ben Travers)|title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

|chapter=5 citation |passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.

* {{quote-magazine|date=2013-06-21|author= Chico Harlan

|volume=189|issue=2|page=30|magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) |title= Japan pockets the subsidy … |passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}

Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)

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

(England|dialectal) Violent, severe.

(obsolete|dialectal) Happy.