velocity

US: /vəˈɫɑsəti/
UK: /vəlˈɒsɪti/


English Vietnamese dictionary


velocity /vi'lɔsiti/
  • danh từ
    • tốc độ, tốc lực
      • initial velocity: tốc độ ban đầu
      • muzzle velocity: tốc độ ban đầu (của đạn...)

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun [U, C] (plural velocities)
1 (technical) the speed of sth in a particular direction: the velocity of light + to gain / lose velocity + a high-velocity rifle / bullet
2 (formal) high speed: Jaguars can move with an astonishing velocity.

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
speed, swiftness, rapidity, fleetness, quickness, briskness, alacrity, celerity, pace, rate of speed, miles per hour, m.p.h., kilometres per hour, km/hr:
Our velocity slowed as we neared the outer atmosphere.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

enormous, high | low | constant, uniform | average, mean | maximum

VERB + VELOCITY

achieve, attain, reach
Eventually, the star attained the velocity of light.
| move with
to move with a uniform velocity
| increase, raise

VELOCITY + VERB

increase, rise | decrease, fall

PREP.

at a/the ~
Light travels at a constant velocity.


Concise English dictionary


velocitiesvɪ'lɑsətɪ /-'lɒs-
noun
+distance travelled per unit time