rapidity /ɹəˈpɪd.ɪ.ti/ noun3 •speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid •A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light; defined as artanh(v), where artanh is the hyperbolic arctangent, and v = speed (with c = speed of light = 1). •A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam's axis formsrapidities