velocity
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1. distance travelled per unit time (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | rate, |
| definition | : | a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | angular velocity, |
| definition | : | (physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | airspeed, |
| definition | : | the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | escape velocity, |
| definition | : | the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | groundspeed, |
| definition | : | the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | muzzle velocity, |
| definition | : | the velocity of a projectile as it leaves the muzzle of a gun (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | peculiar velocity, |
| definition | : | velocity with respect to the local standard of rest (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | radial velocity, |
| definition | : | velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | c, light speed, speed of light, |
| definition | : | the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | steerageway, |
| definition | : | (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | terminal velocity, |
| definition | : | the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity (noun.time) |
| derivation | : | speed, |
| definition | : | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, |
| definition | : | move fast (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | rapid, speedy, |
| definition | : | characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | speed, |
| definition | : | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, |
| definition | : | move fast (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | rapid, speedy, |
| definition | : | characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed (adj.all) |
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