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Velocity  

Definition

  • In kinematics, velocity is the speed of an object and a specification of its direction of motion. Speed describes only how fast an object is moving, whereas velocity gives both how fast and in what direction the object is moving.

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Entry terms

  • 0112/2///62720#UAD236
  • v

Note

  • In kinematics, velocity is the speed of an object and a specification of its direction of motion. Speed describes only how fast an object is moving, whereas velocity gives both how fast and in what direction the object is moving.

In other languages

  • 0112/2///62720#UAD236

  • v
  • السرعة

    Arabic

  • 速度

    Chinese

  • Rychlost

    Czech

  • French

  • German

  • Επιφάνεια

    Greek

  • מהירות

    Hebrew

  • गति

    Hindi

  • Italian

  • 速力

    Japanese

  • velocitas

    Latin

  • Halaju

    Malay

  • سرعت/تندی

    Persian

  • prędkość

    Polish

  • velocidade

    Portuguese

  • viteză

    Romanian

  • Ско́рость

    Russian

  • hitrost

    Slovenian

  • Spanish

  • hız

    Turkish

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https://vocab.sentier.dev/units/quantity-kind/Velocity

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