Meaning of velocity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. speed
2. A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
   countable, uncountable
3. The rate at which an object moves in a specified direction.
4. A rapidity of motion.
   countable, uncountable
5. Rate of motion in a particular direction.
6. gear
7. The rate of occurrence.
   countable, uncountable
8. Rate of motion or performance:pace, speed, tempo.
9. The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
   countable, uncountable
10. speed, especially in a given direction. snelheid سُرْعَه бързина velocidade rychlost die Geschwindigkeit hastighed; velocitet ταχύτηταvelocidad kiirus سرعت nopeus vélocitéמהירות वेग brzina sebesség kecepatan hraði velocità 速度 속도 greitis ātrums halaju snelheidhastighet, fartszybkość ګړنديتوب، چابكتيا، چټكي ( سرعت velocidade viteză скорость, быстрота rýchlosť hitrost brzina hastighet ความเร็ว hız, sürat 速度 швидкість رفتار vận tốc, tốc độ 速度
    especially
11. The value corresponding to how hard a key is struck on a MIDI controller or keyboard.
    countable, uncountable
12. Rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness.
13. Physics A vector quantity whose magnitude is a body's speed and whose direction is the body's direction of motion.
    Physics
14. The rate of speed of action or occurrence.
15. speed of motion, action, or operation; rapidity; swiftness
16. (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 or w
    physics
17. physics (not in technical usage) another word for speed3
    physics

Equivalents

Examples

“A car racing in a circle may retain the same speed while continually changing its velocity.”

“Usually, however, confluence is associated with an increase in air velocity and diffluence with a decrease. In the intermediate case, confluence is balanced by an increase in wind velocity and diffluence by a decrease in velocity.”

“Such angular distances imply undecelerated ejecta knot transverse velocities of 15,600 and 12,700 km/s respectively, assuming an explosion date ~1670 AD and a distance of 3.4 kpc.”

“When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.”

“By combining the data from multiple telescopes, astronomers determined the star’s position and velocity in space, allowing them to predict that it will exit the Milky Way at some point.”

“The train was travelling at a slower velocity than usual.”

“Over the winter-solid Roads, goes a great seething,— of mounted younger Gentlemen riding together by the dozens upon rented horses, Express Messengers in love with pure Velocity, Disgruntl'd Suitors with Pistols stuff'd in their Spatterdashes, seal'd Waggons not even a western Black-Boy would think of detaining.”

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