velociousnessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

velociousness (uncountable)

1. (rare) The quality of being velocious.
   • 1841, David D[aniel] Davis, “Of the Diseases of the Puerperal State”, in Elements of Obstetric Medicine; with the Description and Treatment of Some of the Principal Diseases of Children, second edition, London: […] Taylor and Walton, […], page 902:

     With those symptoms would be connected, an excited state of the heart and arteries, and such a velociousness of the pulse as we rarely have an opportunity of observing in other febrile diseases.

   • 1856 September, “The Observations of Mace Sloper, Esq. Familiarly Narrated by Himself. Number Eight. Sloper’s Summer Experiences Continued.”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XLVIII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Samuel Hueston, […], page 282:

     ‘Hip—hip—ha–a–a–ay there!’ shouted a well-known voice, as a splendid team went by with dreadful velociousness.

   • 1931, Florence Riddell, Wives Win, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 41:

     “[…] Have you a car?” The dark face split into a white-toothed smile. “An excellent car, miss-madam, which I hire to all the ladies and gents hereaboutly. A Hup of extreme velociousness and luxuriosity.”

   • 2022, Shradha Kundra; Rohit Dwivedi, “Sensemaking of COVIDian Crisis for Work and Organization”, in Philosophy of Management, volume 22, →DOI, page 142:

     Given the novelty of the scenario, individuals received discrepant cues about the COVID19 infection and its various social ramifications through digital and television media within a short time span, which were often contradictory and spurious. The velociousness with which disparate cues were generated restricted individual sensemaking to trigger traps, impeding the process of sensemaking in its entirety.

同意語

• velocity