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The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.
William Falconer

Meaning of "velocity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VELOCITY

From Latin vēlōcitās, from vēlōx swift; related to volāre to fly.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VELOCITY

velocity  [vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VELOCITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Velocity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VELOCITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Velocity

Velocity is the rate of change of the position of an object, equivalent to a specification of its speed and direction of motion, e.g. 60 km/h to the north. Velocity is an important concept in kinematics, the branch of classical mechanics which describes the motion of bodies. Velocity is a vector physical quantity; both magnitude and direction are required to define it. The scalar absolute value of velocity is called "speed", a quantity that is measured in metres per second in the SI system. For example, "5 metres per second" is a scalar, whereas "5 metres per second east" is a vector. If there is a change in speed, direction, or both, then the object has a changing velocity and is said to be undergoing an acceleration.

Definition of velocity in the English dictionary

The definition of velocity in the dictionary is speed of motion, action, or operation; rapidity; swiftness. Other definition of velocity is a measure of the rate of motion of a body expressed as the rate of change of its position in a particular direction with time. It is measured in metres per second, miles per hour, etc u, v, w.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VELOCITY


ampullosity
ˌæmpʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
callosity
kəˈlɒsɪtɪ
crapulosity
ˌkræpjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
curiosity
ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ
fabulosity
ˌfæbjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
generosity
ˌdʒɛnəˈrɒsɪtɪ
gulosity
ɡjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
hypervelocity
ˌhaɪpəvəˈlɒsɪtɪ
lamellosity
ˌlæməˈlɒsɪtɪ
meticulosity
mɪˌtɪkjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
nebulosity
ˌnɛbjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
pendulosity
ˌpɛndjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
pilosity
paɪˈlɒsɪtɪ
reciprocity
ˌrɛsɪˈprɒsɪtɪ
sabulosity
ˌsæbjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
scrupulosity
ˌskruːpjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
tumulosity
ˌtjuːmjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
unscrupulosity
ʌnˌskruːpjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ
villosity
vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ
viscosity
vɪsˈkɒsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VELOCITY

veloce
velocimeter
velocimetry
velocipede
velocipedean
velocipeder
velocipedian
velocipedist
velociraptor
velocities
velocity head
velocity modulation
velocity of circulation
velodrome
Velorum
velour
velours
veloutine
Velsen
velskoen

WORDS THAT END LIKE VELOCITY

angular velocity
atrocity
capacity
city
electricity
escape velocity
ethnicity
ferocity
group velocity
high-velocity
irreciprocity
modulus of elasticity
muzzle velocity
orbital velocity
phase velocity
precocity
radial velocity
simplicity
terminal velocity
wave velocity

Synonyms and antonyms of velocity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VELOCITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «velocity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of velocity

Translation of «velocity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VELOCITY

Find out the translation of velocity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of velocity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «velocity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 速度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

velocidad
570 millions of speakers

English

velocity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वेग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سرعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скорость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

velocidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vélocité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Halaju
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geschwindigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

速度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kecepatan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vận tốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

velocità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prędkość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

швидкість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

viteza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταχύτητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snelheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hastighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hastighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of velocity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VELOCITY»

The term «velocity» is very widely used and occupies the 10.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VELOCITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «velocity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «velocity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about velocity

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10 QUOTES WITH «VELOCITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word velocity.
1
Charles Babbage
Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity.
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Benjamin Banneker
Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me, one or two of which struck the house; which plainly demonstrates that the velocity of sound is greater than that of a cannon bullet.
3
Tim Bray
The community of developers whose work you see on the Web, who probably don't know what ADO or UML or JPA even stand for, deploy better systems at less cost in less time at lower risk than we see in the Enterprise. This is true even when you factor in the greater flexibility and velocity of startups.
4
Harold Brodkey
I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.
5
Richard Dooling
Making money, it seems, is all about the velocity of moving it around, so that it can exist in Hong Kong one moment and Wall Street a split second later.
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William Falconer
The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.
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Tom Felton
I like physics. I think it is the best science out of all three of them, because generally it's more useful. You learn about speed and velocity and time, and that's all clever stuff.
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Laurence D. Fink
What Wall Street is, they're market makers. Wall Street's business model is making money on velocity of money. They're a click industry. That's what Wall Street is. They make a lot of money when there's a lot of turnover. And they make a lot of money when that velocity is fast.
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Linda M. Godwin
We're on the same radius from the Earth, and then we start to swing around to where we're ahead of them on the velocity vector, so we come in relative to the station from this forward velocity position and dock on to the forward end of the Lab.
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Lawrence Hargrave
And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at various slopes and directions till it cuts into the air that is being raised by the face of the following wave, which again enables it to resume its velocity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VELOCITY»

Discover the use of velocity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to velocity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Velocity: The Seven New Laws for a World Gone Digital
Features: - 4 Velocity principles: Speed, Direction, Acceleration, Discipline. - 7 Laws, including 'A Smith & Wesson beats four aces', 'It's easier done than said', 'Convenient is the enemy of right' and 'No good joke survives a committee ...
Ajaz Ahmed, Stefan Olander, 2012
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Velocity: A Novel
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City.
Dean Koontz, 2007
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Velocity: Combining Lean, Six Sigma and the Theory of ...
Now, from the AGI-Goldratt Institute and Jeff Cox, the same creative writer who co-authored The Goal, comes VELOCITY, the book that reveals how to achieve outstanding bottom-line results by integrating the world's three most powerful ...
Dee Jacob, Suzan Bergland, Jeff Cox, 2009
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Velocity Overdrive
The book details the velocity-driven road to reinvention that begins in used vehicles and extends to other dealership departments. This is a transformative time for the car business, Pollak says.
Dale Pollak, 2013
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Velocity: Supercar Revolution
Through the first-hand stories and spectacular photography of John Lamm, a man who was present at the birth of most of these fabulous cars, this book conveys as never before the power of automotive aesthetics and performance pushed to their ...
John Lamm, 2006
6
Mastering Apache Velocity
Additionally, you'll be taken through the steps of building a complete application in order to see how you can utilize all of the techniques and technologies discussed in the book.
Joseph D. Gradecki, Jim Cole, 2003
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Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany
Brings together Portis' writings other than his four novels, including journalism, travel stories, short fiction, memoir, and even a play.
Charles Portis, Jay Jennings, 2012
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Personal Velocity
We meet Greta, a cookbook editor who is chosen by Tavi, the hottest writer of his generation, to edit his new book. The book becomes a best-seller and Greta is propelled out of her marriage by her own ambition and success.
Rebecca Miller, 2009
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Escape Velocity: Free Your Company's Future from the Pull of ...
In Escape Velocity, Moore presents a cogent strategy for generating future growth within an established enterprise.
Geoffrey A. Moore, 2011
10
Velocity
Book four in the Buckin' Bull Riders series.
Cassandra Carr, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VELOCITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term velocity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Uehara still working to regain fastball velocity
Farrell said increased use of his fastball could help Uehara regain some of the lost velocity "rather than the high number of splits. That's going to have some ... «Comcast SportsNet New England, Apr 15»
2
Despite dip in velocity and results, Melancon will remain closer
Pirates reliever Mark Melancon, shown celebrating with Francisco Cervelli after a win April 13 against Detroit, has shown a decrease in velocity to start the ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr 15»
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Masahiro Tanaka Says His Velocity May Be Lower
Tanaka, the Yankees' best pitcher, is trying to reinvent himself in subtle ways, and on Saturday he said it was unlikely that his pitches would regain the velocity ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
4
Velocity 2X Coming to Multiple New Platforms
By Jimmy ChampaneFuturLab is partnering with Sierra Games to bring Velocity 2X to PC, Mac, Linux and Xbox One. No release date was given, but a blog post ... «IGN, Feb 15»
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Samsung throws Velocity under the bus in “unconscionable” lawsuit …
They tactically need Velocity, a Richmond company, to be part of this new suit so they can have a faster time to trial to counter their lawsuits with Nvidia that are ... «Phandroid.com, Nov 14»
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Velocity 2X review: hybrid heaven
The Velocity games are hard to pin down. Glancing at gameplay footage, you might think they are top-down racers, bullet-hell shooters or space exploration ... «Polygon, Sep 14»
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Virgin Australia sells stake in Velocity frequent flyer program as …
The carrier has sold a 35 per cent stake in the Velocity scheme to private equity house Affinity Equity Partners. Announcing the deal this morning, Virgin said it ... «Herald Sun, Aug 14»
8
PS Plus September 2014 Update: FREE Velocity 2X, Sportsfriends …
The PS4 titles in particular are great- Velocity 2X looks absolutely stunning, like the Metroidvania game we've all been waiting for, and I can promise you that ... «Gamenguide, Aug 14»
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Velocity 2X release date confirmed for PS4, Vita
2X is a sequel to the well-received Velocity Ultra, which launched for Vita and PlayStation 3 last year. The series originally started life in 2012 as Velocity, ... «Eurogamer.net, Aug 14»
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Increased velocity, too many competitive youth games are leading to …
“The 20- to 27-year-old major leaguers, they are pitching harder, with more ball velocity than the previous generation,” Fleisig said. “I'm not saying the top guy is ... «Kansas City Star, May 14»

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