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  • 41rapid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. swift, speedy, fleet, prompt, quick, rapid fire. See velocity. n. (pl.) white water, chute, shoot. See water. Ant., slow, sluggish. rapid transit II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swift] Syn. fast, speedy …

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  • 42fast — fast, rapid, swift, fleet, quick, speedy, hasty, expeditious mean moving, proceeding, or acting with great celerity. Fast and rapid are often used without distinction; but fast frequently applies to the moving object and emphasizes the way in… …

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  • 43Prompt — (pr[o^]mt; 215), a. [Compar. {Prompter}; superl. {Promptest}.] [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand, ready, quick, p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro forth + emere to take …

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  • 44Prompter — Prompt Prompt (pr[o^]mt; 215), a. [Compar. {Prompter}; superl. {Promptest}.] [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand, ready, quick, p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro forth + …

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  • 45Promptest — Prompt Prompt (pr[o^]mt; 215), a. [Compar. {Prompter}; superl. {Promptest}.] [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand, ready, quick, p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro forth + …

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  • 46fast — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fæst; akin to Old High German festi firm, Old Norse fastr, Armenian hast Date: before 12th century 1. a. firmly fixed < roots fast in the ground > b. tightly shut < the drawers were fast > …

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  • 47swift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. quick, rapid, fast, fleet, speedy; expeditious. See velocity, haste. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. flying, sudden, speedy; see fast 1 . See Synonym Study at fast . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1 …

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  • 48William McKinley — This article is about the 25th President of the United States. For other people with the same name, see William McKinley (disambiguation). William McKinley 25th President of the United States In office …

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  • 49Weierstrass's elliptic functions — In mathematics, Weierstrass s elliptic functions are elliptic functions that take a particularly simple form; they are named for Karl Weierstrass. This class of functions are also referred to as p functions and generally written using the symbol&#8230; …

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  • 50REAL ID Act — of 2005 Full title To establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver s license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism related&#8230; …

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