velocity

ve·loc·i·ty  (v-ls-t)

n. pl. ve·loc·i·ties

1. Rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness.

2. Physics A vector quantity whose magnitude is a body's speed and whose direction is the body's direction of motion.

3.

a. The rate of speed of action or occurrence.

b. The rate at which money changes hands in an economy.

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[Middle English velocite, from Old French, from Latin vlcits, from vlx, vlc-, fast; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]

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velocity [vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. speed of motion, action, or operation; rapidity; swiftness

2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) Physics a measure of the rate of motion of a body expressed as the rate of change of its position in a particular direction with time. It is measured in metres per second, miles per hour, etc. Symbol u v w

3. Physics (not in technical usage) another word for speed [3]

[from Latin vēlōcitās, from vēlōx swift; related to volāre to fly]

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velocity  (v-ls-t)

The speed and direction of motion of a moving body. Velocity is a vector quantity. Compare accelerationspeed

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

velocity - distance travelled per unit time     speed angular velocity - (physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute airspeed - the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying escape velocity - the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field groundspeed - the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground hypervelocity - excessive velocity; "the meteorites struck the earth with hypervelocity impacts" muzzle velocity - the velocity of a projectile as it leaves the muzzle of a gun peculiar velocity - velocity with respect to the local standard of rest radial velocity - velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer light speed, speed of light, c - the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second steerageway - (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered terminal velocity - the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"

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velocity

noun speed, pace, rapidity, quickness, swiftness, fleetness, celerity the velocity at which the planets orbit

Translations

velocity [vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ] N → velocidad f

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velocity [vɪˈlɒsəti] n → vitesse f

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velocity

n → Geschwindigkeit f

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velocity [vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ] n → velocità f inv

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velocity [vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ] n → velocità f inv

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velocity

n velocity [vəˈlosəti]

speed, especially in a given direction. snelheid سُرْعَه бързина rychlost hastighed; velocitet die Geschwindigkeit ταχύτητα velocidad kiirus سرعت nopeus vélocité מְהִירוּת वेग brzina sebesség kecepatan hraði velocità 速度 속도 greitis ātrums halaju snelheid hastighet, fart szybkość velocidade viteză скорость, быстрота rýchlosť hitrost brzina hastighet ความเร็ว hız, sürat 速度 швидкість رفتار vận tốc, tốc độ 速度