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"Velocity" in a Sentence (17 examples)
The velocity of light is about 186,000 miles per second.
Light travels at a velocity of 186,000 miles per second.
Application of force to an object changes its velocity: its speed, its direction, or both.
The derivatives of space with respect to time are velocity, acceleration, and jerk.
The derivatives of distance with respect to time are velocity, acceleration, and jerk.
The meter per second is the SI unit for velocity. Its symbol is m/s.
A steam turbine is a prime mover in which steam at high velocity impinges upon the blades of a rotating element, thus transforming energy of the steam into mechanical energy.
We are always getting away from the present moment. Our mental existences, which are immaterial and have no dimensions, are passing along the Time-Dimension with a uniform velocity from the cradle to the grave.
When viewed in an inertial reference frame, an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a net force.
The magnitude of the lift depends on several factors including the shape, size, and velocity of the aircraft.
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A car racing in a circle may retain the same speed while continually changing its velocity.
Usually, however, confluence is associated with an increase in air velocity and diffluence with a decrease. In the intermediate case, confluence is balanced by an increase in wind velocity and diffluence by a decrease in velocity.
Such angular distances imply undecelerated ejecta knot transverse velocities of 15,600 and 12,700 km/s respectively, assuming an explosion date ~1670 AD and a distance of 3.4 kpc.
When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.
By combining the data from multiple telescopes, astronomers determined the star’s position and velocity in space, allowing them to predict that it will exit the Milky Way at some point.
The train was travelling at a slower velocity than usual.
Over the winter-solid Roads, goes a great seething,— of mounted younger Gentlemen riding together by the dozens upon rented horses, Express Messengers in love with pure Velocity, Disgruntl'd Suitors with Pistols stuff'd in their Spatterdashes, seal'd Waggons not even a western Black-Boy would think of detaining.
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