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velocity - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- propagation: The velocity of propagation of Rayleigh waves is smaller than that of body waves.
- recession: He showed, from spectra of the galaxies, that there was an increase in the velocity of recession with distance.
Converse of object
- calculate: The above gear ratio equation can be used to calculate the angular velocity of the large gear from the small gear.
Noun used with modifier
- propagation: Most meridional propagation velocities from high to low latitudes are less than 600 m/s.
Adjective modifier
- angular: The above gear ratio equation can be used to calculate the angular velocity of the large gear from the small gear.
- radial: R radial velocity The speed at which an object is moving away or toward an observer.
- rotational: This may account for a large loss of rotational velocity through the millions of years.
- seismic: The differences in lava composition between the stratigraphic groups affect the average seismic velocity of each group.
- orbital: The rotation curve is a plot of the orbital velocity of the clouds around the galactic center vs. their distance from the Galaxy center.
Modifies a noun
- dispersion: The phase velocity dispersion curve thus produced is then used to calculate the material stiffness.
- vector: The excess energy is added to the velocity vector, without change of direction.
- gradient: Over the thickness of the fluid there is a velocity gradient depending on the relative movement of the bearing surfaces.
- v: If we can shrink the error in u then the error in the final velocity v will also shrink.
- rifle: The culling of deer involves the selection of older or unhealthy animals which are shot humanely with a high velocity rifle.
Noun used with modifier
- muzzle: An additional benefit was that the light weight permitted a higher muzzle velocity, reducing the time of flight.
- conduction: NCS show slowing of conduction velocity across the elbow.
- efflux: A cone fitted at the chimney exit to increase efflux velocity should be permitted.
- drift: For very low E / N, the drift velocity is proportional to E / N.
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