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rapid [′rap·əd]

(hydrology)

A portion of a stream in swift, disturbed motion, but without cascade or waterfall; usually used in the plural.

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No references found			A vacuum is created below, and it attracts the gas in the lower parts; this becomes heated in its turn, and is continually replaced; thus, an extremely rapid current of gas is established in the pipes and in the spiral, which issues from the balloon and then returns to it, and is heated over again, incessantly. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context The turbulence and rapidity of the current continually augmenting as they advanced, gave the voyagers intimation that they were approaching the great obstructions of the river, and at length they arrived at Strawberry Island, so called by Lewis and Clarke, which lies at the foot of the first rapid. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context The poet ought to traverse, with a rapid flight, the lofty regions of philosophy, without deviating from the narrow way of truth. A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context			Rapakivi rapakivi texture Rapallo Rapallo, Treaty Rapallo, Treaty of Rapallo, Treaty of 1920 Rapana Rapant, Daniel Rape Rape Beetle Rape Oil rape-seed oil Rapha Raphael Raphael Holinshed Raphael Santi Raphael Soyer Raphall, Morris Jacob raphania Raphanus raphe Raphia Raphidae raphide Raphidioptera rapid rapid 3D printing rapid access loop Rapid Analysis Rapid Application Development Rapid BIOS Boot Rapid City rapid eye movement rapid fire rapid flow rapid manufacturing rapid memory rapid proton capture process rapid prototyping rapid quenching rapid sand filter rapid selector rapid sequence camera rapid storage rapid transit rapid traverse rapid wasting syndrome rapid-curing asphalt rapid-curing cutback rapid-eye-movement sleep rapid-hardening cement			Raphia Raphia Raphia (genus) Raphia Palm Raphia vinifera Raphicerus Raphicerus campestris Raphidae Raphidae raphide raphide raphide raphides raphides raphides Raphidiidae Raphidiodea Raphidioptera Raphidioptera Raphinae Raphinae raphis raphis raphis Raphus Raphus Raphus cucullatus Raphus cucullatus RAPI RAPIC rapid rapid 3D printing Rapid Access Rapid Access Chest Pain Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic Rapid Access Data Retrieval Unit/Computer Rapid Access Disk Rapid Access Facts Tool Rapid Access Heart Failure Clinic rapid access loop Rapid Access Management Information System Rapid Access of Privileges and Training for Operational Readiness Rapid Access Point Rapid Access Storage System Rapid Access Tariff Expediting Service Rapid Access to Collections by Electronic Requesting Rapid Access to Information in the DLA Rapid Access to NCI Rapid Acoustic Passive Localization Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts - Navy Operational Workcell Rapid Acquisition Program for Transformation Rapid Acquisition Shooting System Rapid Acquisition Spin-Echo Rapid Acquisition with Relaxation Enhancement

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