velocity

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time,…

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

   • 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.
2. 2

   A rapidity of motion.

   • The train was travelling at a slower velocity than usual.
3. 3

   The rate of occurrence.

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   1. 4

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

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

   2. 5

      The value corresponding to how hard a key is struck on a MIDI controller or keyboard.

The neighborhood

• synonymspeedrapidity of motion, rate of occurrence
• neighborangular velocity
• neighborescape velocity
• neighborexhaust velocity
• neighborexit velocity
• neighborfirst cosmic velocity
• neighborgroup velocity
• neighborhigh-velocity
• neighborhypervelocity
• neighborinformation velocity
• neighborinstantaneous velocity
• neighborintermediate-velocity
• neighborlow-velocity