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Noun: velocity  vu'ló-si-tee
  1. The rate of movement; distance travelled per unit time
    "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off";
    - speed
     
  2. [technical] The speed in a given direction; a vector giving the rate of change of position with time

Derived forms: velocities

Type of: rate

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