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velocity (s) (noun), velocities (pl)
1. The speed at which something moves, happens, or is done: Because the two cars were both driving in exactly the same direction at 60 miles per hour, they were both traveling at the same velocity.
2. A measure of the rate of change in position of something with respect to time, involving speed and direction: A rain drop’s size, and not its density, determines the velocity of its fall.
3. Etymology: from Latin velocitatem; from velocitas, from velox, veloc-, "swift, speedy, rapid, quick".
Fast motion or the speed of something.
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velocity (s) (noun), velocities (pl)
The rate at which a moving car changes its position when traveling in a given direction: If a car goes around a corner without changing speed, its velocity changes because the car changes direction.

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escape velocity (s) (noun), escape velocities (pl)
The minimum speed with which an object must be projected for it to break free from the gravitational pull of a planetary body: The escape velocity describes the effective separation from the gravitational field of a star, planet, or other celestial body.

A projectile must have a minimal velocity which has been worked out in a special formula.

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