Velocity (Noun)
Meaning
Distance travelled per unit time.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The object's velocity was 100 miles per hour as it moved down the highway.
- She checked the velocity gauge on her bike to see how fast she was going downhill.
- The team of physicists measured the velocity of the speeding bullet using laser technology.
- Racing drivers often accelerate to top velocity on the long straights of the track.
- At takeoff, an airplane typically reaches a velocity of several hundred knots before leveling off.