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1. (n.) velocity
rapidity of motion, action, or operation; swiftness; speed.
2. velocity
Mech. the time rate of change of position of a body in a specified direction.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L vēlōcitās speed. See velocipede , -ty2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) speed, velocity
distance travelled per unit time
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) velocity
quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light
2. (noun) velocity
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
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. velocity
The rate of motion of a body. It is usually expressed in distance traversed per second of time. The absolute unit is one centimeter per second or kine. The foot per second is very largely used also.
The dimensions of velocity are length (L) divided by time (T) or L/T.
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Sense: speed, especially in a given direction.
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 Afrikaans: snelheid |
 Arabic: سُرْعَه |
 Bulgarian: бързина |
 Brazilian: velocidade |
 Czech: rychlost |
 German: die Geschwindigkeit |
 Danish: hastighed; velocitet |
 Greek: ταχύτητα |
 Spanish: velocidad |
 Estonian: kiirus |
 Farsi: سرعت |
 Finnish: nopeus |
 French: vélocité |
 Hebrew: מְהִירוּת |
 Hindi: वेग |
 Croatian: brzina |
 Hungarian: sebesség |
 Indonesian: kecepatan |
 Icelandic: hraði |
 Italian: velocità |
 Japanese: 速度 |
 Korean: 속도 |
 Lithuanian: greitis |
 Latvian: ātrums |
 Malay: halaju |
 Dutch: snelheid |
 Norwegian: hastighet, fart |
 Polish: szybkość |
 Persian: سرعت |
 Pashto: ګړنديتوب، چابكتيا، چټكي ( |
 Portuguese: velocidade |
 Romanian: viteză |
 Russian: скорость, быстрота |
 Slovak: rýchlosť |
 Slovenian: hitrost |
 Serbian: brzina |
 Swedish: hastighet |
 Thai: ความเร็ว |
 Turkish: hız, sürat |
 Taiwanese: 速度 |
 Ukrainian: швидкість |
 Urdu: رفتار |
 Vietnamese: vận tốc, tốc độ |
 Chinese: 速度 |
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