velocity

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Etymology

From Latin vēlōcitās (“speed”), from vēlōx (“fast”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /vəˈlɒsəti/, X-SAMPA: /v@"lQs@ti/
• (GenAm) IPA: /vəˈlɑsəti/, X-SAMPA: /v@"lAs@ti/

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Noun

velocity (countable and uncountable; plural velocities)

1. (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component.
2. Rapidity of motion.
3. The rate of occurrence.
4. (economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.

Derived terms

• angular velocity
• phase velocity
• escape velocity

Translations

vector quantity

• Armenian: արագություն (hy) (aragut’yun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 速度 (cmn) (sùdù)

• Czech: rychlost (cs) f
• Finnish: nopeus (fi)
• French: vitesse (fr) f
• Galician: velocidade (gl) f
• Georgian: სიჩქარე (ka) (sič’k’are)
• German: Geschwindigkeit (de) f
• Greek: ταχύτητα (el) (tachýtita) f

• Italian: velocità (it) f
• Japanese: 速度 (ja) (そくど, sokudo)
• Korean: 속도 (ko) (sokdo) (速度 (ko))
• Latvian: ātrums m
• Maltese: veloċità (mt) f
• Russian: скорость (ru) (skórostʹ) f
• Spanish: velocidad (es) f
• Swedish: hastighet (sv) c
• Vietnamese: tốc độ (vi) (速度 (vi))

rapidity of motion

• Armenian: արագություն (hy) (aragut’yun)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: rychlost (cs) f
• Dutch: snelheid (nl)
• Finnish: vauhti (fi), nopeus (fi)
• French: vitesse (fr) f
• Galician: velocidade (gl) f
• Georgian: სისწრაფე (ka) (siscrap’e)

• Greek: ταχύτητα (el) (tachýtita) f
• Italian: velocità (it) f
• Japanese: 速さ (ja) (はやさ, hayasa), 速度 (ja) (そくど, sokudo)
• Latin: celeritās (la) f, vēlōcitās (la) f
• Latvian: ātrums m
• Maltese: veloċità (mt) f
• Russian: скорость (ru) (skórostʹ) f, быстрота (ru) (bystrotá) f
• Spanish: velocidad (es) f
• Swedish: fart (sv) c

the rate of occurrence

• Armenian: հաճախություն (hy) (hač̣axut’yun)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: vauhti (fi)
• Georgian: სიჩქარე (ka) (sič’k’are)

• Greek: ταχύτητα (el) (tachýtita) f
• Italian: velocità (it) f
• Russian: скорость (ru) (skórostʹ) f, быстрота (ru) (bystrotá) f
• Swedish: hastighet (sv) c

economics

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 周轉率 (cmn), 周转率 (cmn) (zhōuzhuǎnlǜ)

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• Finnish: kiertonopeus (fi)
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• Portuguese: velocidade da moeda (pt) f
• Russian: скорость (ru) (skórostʹ) f (обращения денег)
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• Catalan: velocitat f
• Dutch: snelheid f
• French: vitesse f
• German: Geschwindigkeit f
• Indonesian: kecepatan
• Korean: 속도 [速度] (sokdo)

• Romanian: viteză f
• Swedish: hastighet c
• Telugu: వేగము (vaegamu)