Definition of velocity

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Velocity (n.) 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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Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance..
Whirl :: Whirl (v. i.) To be turned round rapidly; to move round with velocity; to revolve or rotate with great speed; to gyrate.
Rheometer :: Rheometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries.
Accelerative :: Accelerative (a.) Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
Accelerometer :: Accelerometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
Myograph :: Myograph (n.) An instrument for determining and recording the different phases, as the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction..
Calculated :: Calculated (p. p. & a.) Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball..
Hydrometrical :: Hydrometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water..
Wind :: Wind (n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
Slip :: Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller..
Rotation :: Rotation (a.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity..
Anemometer :: Anemometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.
Speed :: Speed (n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel..
Rhysimeter :: Rhysimeter (n.) An instrument, acting on the principle of Pitot's tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc..
Nephoscope :: Nephoscope (n.) An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity.
Rapidity :: Rapidity (n.) The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement..
Instantaneous :: Instantaneous (a.) At or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc..
Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..
Whur :: Whur (n.) A humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir..
Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood; a haematachometer.
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