Velocity Definition

və-lŏsĭ-tē
velocities
noun
velocities
Quickness or rapidity of motion or action; swiftness; speed.
Webster's New World
A vector quantity that specifies both the speed of a body and its direction of motion.
Webster's New World
The rate of speed of action or occurrence.
American Heritage

Rate of change of position, in relation to time; speed.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Velocity

Noun

Singular:
velocity
Plural:
velocities

Origin of Velocity

  • Middle English velocite from Old French from Latin vēlōcitās from vēlōx vēlōc- fast weg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin vÄ“lōcitās (“speed"), from vÄ“lōx (“fast").

    From Wiktionary

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