Associations to the word «Velocity»

Wiktionary

VELOCITY, noun. (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component.
VELOCITY, noun. Rapidity of motion.
VELOCITY, noun. The rate of occurrence.
VELOCITY, noun. (economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
VELOCITY POTENTIAL, noun. (fluid mechanics) (of an inviscid irrotational flow) A scalar potential function relating to the the flow's velocity distribution, defined as \(\phi = \nabla\vec V\)

Dictionary definition

VELOCITY, noun. Distance travelled per unit time.

Wise words

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