[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

velocity \veloc"ity\, n.; pl. velocities. l. velocitas,
   from velox, -ocis, swift, quick; perhaps akin to volare to
   fly see volatile: cf. f. v'elocit'e.
   1913 webster
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   note: in such phrases, velocity is more generally used than
         celerity. we apply celerity to animals; as, a horse or
         an ostrich runs with celerity; but bodies moving in the
         air or in ethereal space move with greater or less
         velocity, not celerity. this usage is arbitrary, and
         perhaps not universal.
         1913 webster

   2. mech. 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.
      1913 webster

   angular velocity. see under angular.

   initial velocity, the velocity of a moving body at
      starting; especially, the velocity of a projectile as it
      leaves the mouth of a firearm from which it is discharged.
      

   relative velocity, the velocity with which a body
      approaches or recedes from another body, whether both are
      moving or only one.

   uniform velocity, velocity in which the same number of
      units of space are described in each successive unit of
      time.

   variable velocity, velocity in which the space described
      varies from instant to instant, either increasing or
      decreasing; -- in the former case called accelerated
      velocity, in the latter, retarded velocity; the
      acceleration or retardation itself being also either
      uniform or variable.

   virtual velocity. see under virtual.
      1913 webster

   note: in variable velocity, the velocity, strictly, at any
         given instant, is the rate of motion at that instant,
         and is expressed by the units of space, which, if the
         velocity at that instant were continued uniform during
         a unit of time, would be described in the unit of time;
         thus, the velocity of a falling body at a given instant
         is the number of feet which, if the motion which the
         body has at that instant were continued uniformly for
         one second, it would pass through in the second. the
         scientific sense of velocity differs from the popular
         sense in being applied to all rates of motion, however
         slow, while the latter implies more or less rapidity or
         quickness of motion.
         1913 webster

   syn: swiftness; celerity; rapidity; fleetness; speed.
        1913 webster
see also:
velocities volatile speed angular velocity angular initial velocity 
relative velocity uniform velocity variable velocity virtual velocity virtual 

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DEOS: Current velocities of the Gulf Stream
...Current velocities of the Gulf Stream.. Please note that these pages have been moved to a..
http://www.deos.tudelft.nl/altim/gulfstream/, score=100, date indexed=October 6, 2005, 2:20 am

Bliss Sloan Answers Readers: Questions on the Speed of Light
...Adding Velocities: A Walk on the Train.. [http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N..
http://www.ertin.com/sloan_on_speed_of_light.html, score=51, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 4:09 am

Relativistic Velocities
...The formula can also be applied to velocities in opposite directions by simply changing.....A feature of the formula is that if you combine two velocities less than the speed of.....In this sense velocities add according to ordinary vector addition. But that was a..
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/velocity.html, score=46, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 11:12 pm

Louie, Shear-Wave Velocities from Refraction Microtremor
...Being in essence depth-averaged velocities, the higher phase velocities constrain the ratio of the depth and velocity.....38 s, this procedure yielded phase velocities that were up to two times larger than the.....The velocities fitting the dispersion give a 30-m average shear velocities of 305 m/s..
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/papers/disper/refr.html, score=39, date indexed=December 21, 2004, 10:16 pm

MEASUREMENT OF SURFACE WAVE VELOCITIES IN A PRESTRESSED ANISOTROPIC CRYSTAL...
...MEASUREMENT OF SURFACE WAVE VELOCITIES IN A PRESTRESSED ANISOTROPIC CRYSTAL AND ITS.....In this paper, the velocities of surface wave propagating in a prestressed anisotropic.....It is seen that, the velocities are increased in the uniaxial compression direction and..
http://www.ndt.net/abstract/wcndt96/data/227.htm, score=39, date indexed=July 22, 2005, 11:52 pm

Re: wrong velocities
...wrong velocities (Simon) Try by changing the FLOW SWITCH to FIX VEL. Messages In This.....wrong velocities ..Posted By: Sheila <skk99@imperial.ac.uk>Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005, 3:14 p.....wrong velocities (75) - Simon , Fri, 11 Feb 2005, 5:19 a.m. Re: wrong velocities (31..
http://www.cfd-online.com/Forum/starcd.cgi?read=6737, score=36, date indexed=April 8, 2005, 1:41 am

wrong velocities
...The problem is that, while the velocities I impose on inlet boundaries remain the same in.....wrong velocities ..Posted By: Simon..Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005, 5:19 a.m. Yet another.....wrong velocities (77) - Simon , Fri, 11 Feb 2005, 5:19 a.m. Re: wrong velocities (32..
http://www.cfd-online.com/Forum/starcd.cgi?read=6639, score=36, date indexed=April 10, 2005, 6:10 am

(meteorobs) Meteor velocities
...meteorobs) Meteor velocities .. From: Paul Curran <psmc@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul.....Meteor velocities.. From: Robert Lunsford <lunro.imo.usa@prodigy.com> Prev: Re: (meteorobs.....Prev][Next][Index][Thread] (meteorobs) Meteor velocities.. To: meteorobs@jovian.com..
http://www.meteorobs.org/maillist/msg14241.html, score=34, date indexed=July 14, 2005, 5:03 am

Re: Meteor Velocities
...I would heartily endorse this method of estimating velocities to all newcomers to the.....Meteor Velocities .. From: LUNRO.IMO.USA@prodigy.com (MR ROBERT D LUNSFORD) Date: Wed, 22.....Estimating Velocities.. Next: Re: Meteor Velocities.. Index(es): Main.. Thread..
http://www.meteorobs.org/maillist/msg00111.html, score=34, date indexed=July 10, 2005, 2:37 am

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