Velocity

//vəˈlɒsəti//

Synonyms for "velocity" (99 found)

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Noun(1 words)
speed

Strong matches (30)

Related words (49)

Noun(2 words)
randomvelociousness

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Translations

135 translations across 73 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • snelheid noun (vector quantity)

Albanian

1 entries
  • shpejtësia noun (vector quantity)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • velocidat noun (vector quantity)

Armenian

4 entries
  • արագություն noun (vector quantity)
  • արագություն noun (rapidity of motion)
  • արագություն noun (economics)
  • հաճախություն noun (the rate of occurrence)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • sürət noun (vector quantity)

Basque

3 entries
  • abiadur noun (vector quantity)
  • lastertasun noun (vector quantity)
  • lastertasun noun (rapidity of motion)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ско́расць noun (vector quantity)
  • ско́расць noun (rapidity of motion)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গতিবেগ noun (vector quantity)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • бързина noun (the rate of occurrence)
  • скорост noun (vector quantity)
  • скорост noun (rapidity of motion)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အလျင် noun (vector quantity)

Catalan

2 entries
  • velocitat noun (vector quantity)
  • velocitat noun (rapidity of motion)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 周轉率 /周转率 noun (economics)
  • 速度 noun (vector quantity)

Czech

2 entries
  • rychlost noun (vector quantity)
  • rychlost noun (rapidity of motion)

Danish

1 entries
  • hastighed noun (vector quantity)

Dutch

4 entries
  • frequentie noun (the rate of occurrence)
  • omloopsnelheid noun (economics)
  • snelheid noun (vector quantity)
  • snelheid noun (rapidity of motion)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kiirus noun (vector quantity)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kiertonopeus noun (economics)
  • nopeus noun (vector quantity)
  • nopeus noun (rapidity of motion)
  • vauhti noun (rapidity of motion)

French

4 entries
  • fréquence noun (the rate of occurrence)
  • vecteur vitesse noun (vector quantity)
  • vitesse noun (rapidity of motion)
  • vélocité noun (vector quantity)

Galician

2 entries
  • velocidade noun (vector quantity)
  • velocidade noun (rapidity of motion)

Georgian

3 entries
  • სისწრაფე noun (rapidity of motion)
  • სიჩქარე noun (vector quantity)
  • სიჩქარე noun (the rate of occurrence)

German

4 entries
  • Frequenz noun (the rate of occurrence)
  • Geschwindigkeit noun (vector quantity)
  • Geschwindigkeit noun (rapidity of motion)
  • Häufigkeit noun (the rate of occurrence)

Greek

4 entries
  • ταχύτητα noun (vector quantity)
  • ταχύτητα noun (vector quantity)
  • ταχύτητα noun (rapidity of motion)
  • ταχύτητα noun (the rate of occurrence)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מהירות noun (vector quantity)

Hindi

1 entries
  • वेग noun (vector quantity)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • sebesség noun (vector quantity)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hraði noun (vector quantity)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kecepatan noun (vector quantity)
  • velositas noun (vector quantity)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • vauhti noun (rapidity of motion)

Irish

1 entries
  • treoluas noun (vector quantity)

Italian

3 entries
  • velocità noun (vector quantity)
  • velocità noun (rapidity of motion)
  • velocità noun (the rate of occurrence)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 速さ noun (rapidity of motion)
  • 速度 noun (vector quantity)
  • 速度 noun (rapidity of motion)

Javanese

2 entries
  • kacepetan noun (vector quantity)
  • ꦏꦕꦼꦥꦼꦠꦤ꧀ noun (vector quantity)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жылдамдық noun (vector quantity)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ល្បឿន noun (vector quantity)

Korean

1 entries
  • 속도 noun (vector quantity)

Latin

3 entries
  • celeritās noun (rapidity of motion)
  • vēlōcitās noun (vector quantity)
  • vēlōcitās noun (rapidity of motion)

Latvian

2 entries
  • ātrums noun (vector quantity)
  • ātrums noun (rapidity of motion)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • брзина noun (vector quantity)

Malay

1 entries
  • halaju noun (vector quantity)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പ്രവേഗം noun (vector quantity)

Maltese

2 entries
  • veloċità noun (vector quantity)
  • veloċità noun (rapidity of motion)

Manx

1 entries
  • bieauid noun (vector quantity)

Marathi

1 entries
  • वेग noun (vector quantity)

Nepali

1 entries
  • गति noun (vector quantity)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • faard noun (vector quantity)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • hastighet noun (vector quantity)
  • hastighet noun (rapidity of motion)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • hastigheit noun (vector quantity)
  • hastigheit noun (rapidity of motion)

Occitan

1 entries
  • velocitat noun (vector quantity)

Persian

1 entries
  • سرعت برداری noun (vector quantity)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schwindichkjeit noun (rapidity of motion)

Polish

1 entries
  • prędkość noun (vector quantity)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • velocidade noun (vector quantity)
  • velocidade noun (rapidity of motion)
  • velocidade noun (economics)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਵੇਗ noun (vector quantity)

Romanian

3 entries
  • vector viteză noun (vector quantity)
  • velocitate noun (vector quantity)
  • velocitate noun (the rate of occurrence)

Russian

4 entries
  • быстрота́ noun (rapidity of motion)
  • быстрота́ noun (the rate of occurrence)
  • ско́рость noun (vector quantity)
  • ско́рость noun (rapidity of motion)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • जव noun (rapidity of motion)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • brzina noun (vector quantity)

Slovak

1 entries
  • rýchlosť noun (vector quantity)

Slovene

1 entries
  • hitrost noun (vector quantity)

Spanish

3 entries
  • velocidad noun (vector quantity)
  • velocidad noun (rapidity of motion)
  • velocidad noun (economics)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • ᮜᮏᮥ noun (vector quantity)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fart noun (rapidity of motion)
  • hastighet noun (vector quantity)
  • hastighet noun (the rate of occurrence)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • belosidad noun (vector quantity)
  • hagibis noun (vector quantity)
  • tulin noun (vector quantity)
  • tulin noun (rapidity of motion)

Tajik

1 entries
  • суръат noun (vector quantity)

Tamil

1 entries
  • திசைவேகம் noun (vector quantity)

Tatar

1 entries
  • тизлек noun (vector quantity)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความเร็ว noun (vector quantity)

Turkish

1 entries
  • hız noun (vector quantity)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • швидкість noun (vector quantity)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • tezlik noun (vector quantity)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • tốc độ noun (rapidity of motion)
  • vận tốc noun (vector quantity)
  • vận tốc của tiền tệ noun (economics)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cyflymder noun (vector quantity)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • snelheid noun (vector quantity)

Sample sentences

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The velocity of light is about 186,000 miles per second.

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Light travels at a velocity of 186,000 miles per second.

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Application of force to an object changes its velocity: its speed, its direction, or both.

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The derivatives of space with respect to time are velocity, acceleration, and jerk.

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