Velocity

Word VELOCITY
Character 8
Hyphenation ve loc i ty
Pronunciations /vəˈlɒsəti/

Definitions and meanings of "Velocity"

What do we mean by velocity?

Rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness. noun

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

The rate of speed of action or occurrence. noun

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

The velocity at which the mode of flow of a liquid, in a pipe or channel, is modified by the setting up of eddy-motion and the consequent interruption of the stream lines. noun

Same as critical velocity . noun

The velocity of a given individual wave-length of light as opposed to the group velocity of a complex beam taken as a whole. noun

Quickness of motion; speed in movement; swiftness; rapidity; celerity: used only (or chiefly) of inanimate objects. See def. 2. noun

.2. In physics, rate of motion; the rate at which a body changes its position in space; the rate of change of position of a point per unit of time. noun

In music, decided rapidity of tempo or pace, particularly in a bravura passage. noun

Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity noun

Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time, measured by the number of units of space passed over by a moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under Speed. noun

See under Angular. noun

The velocity of a moving body at starting; especially, the velocity of a projectile as it leaves the mouth of a firearm from which it is discharged. noun

The velocity with which a body approaches or recedes from another body, whether both are moving or only one. noun

Velocity in which the same number of units of space are described in each successive unit of time. noun

Velocity in which the space described varies from instant to instant, either increasing or decreasing; -- in the former case called accelerated velocity, in the latter, retarded velocity; the acceleration or retardation itself being also either uniform or variable. noun

See under Virtual. noun

A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component. noun

A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component.

Rapidity of motion.

The rate of occurrence.

The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.

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The word "velocity" in example sentences

In 1899 Lenard demonstrated the cause to be the emission of electrons at a certain velocity from the negatively charged body. ❋ Unknown (1967)

One of the things -- we're working on things like what we call velocity, which is the ability to turn the backlogs faster. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hamels, who said his velocity is always down this early in the season, said location was his biggest problem, along with Colorado's thin air, which robbed him of his curveball and forced him to throw a steady diet of changeups, which he hung, and fastballs, which '' were right down the middle. '' ❋ Unknown (2008)

And it's what we call the velocity of money still has to improve. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His thinking was medium to low velocity v/s hyper velocity is better, .. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But I do think that velocity is a important factor in penetration regardless of the caliber used as long as tough quality bullets are what actually strikes the animal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Actual Chronographed velocity is 262 fps from this bow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only way to retain velocity in a sphere is via mass. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once terminal velocity is reached, the sensation of falling diminishes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Opus Dei weirdican Ruth Kelly was unavailable for religious comment, as she was playing with her cilice, but BBC Weather Girl Carol Kirkwood said, "We advise people not to travel, as getting a frog in the face at terminal velocity is not likely to make for a good day". ❋ Dungeekin (2009)

Thus, one might deem that a particle's mass and charge are intrinsic properties, whilst its velocity is an extrinsic property, depending as it does upon the reference frame chosen. ❋ Gordon McCabe (2009)

The Earth's escape velocity is about 11 km per second. ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

Forget an explosives package, the kinetic energy of any hardware at orbital velocity is destructive in a collision. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The amount of energy needed to obtain velocity to excape into orbit above the gravity field and with very little atmospheric drag would seem to be unknown depending on what you would like to do. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A special schedule of elevon position with respect to velocity is followed to protect the wings from excessive loads and to hold the body flap and rudder/speed brake in place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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