Adjective
rasant
Pronunciation: /ʁaˈzant/
having a flat trajectory
C1
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Meanings
Adjective
- having a flat trajectory
- rapid, turbulent, tempestuous (at great and possibly uncontrolled speed)
Example sentence
Die Preise für Wohnungen steigen in der Stadt rasant.
Flat prices in the city are rising rapidly.
Word forms
rasant
Usage
- eine rasante Flugbahn — in ballistics, a flat, nearly horizontal trajectory
- rasante Entwicklung — in the much more common everyday sense, a very rapid development
Die Zeichnung zeigt die rasante Flugbahn als flache Kurve.
The drawing shows the flat trajectory as a shallow curve.