Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 4 compound words that contain velocities. The most common are listed below. Open velocities in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- angular velocitiesplural of angular velocity: The angle turned, per unit time, by a body rotating about an axis; the rate of rotation through an angle.
- group velocitiesplural of group velocity: the propagation velocity of the envelope of a modulated travelling wave, which is considered as the propagation velocity of information or energy contained in it.
- instantaneous velocitiesplural of instantaneous velocity: The velocity of an object at any given instant (especially that of an accelerating object).
- peculiar velocitiesplural of peculiar velocity: The velocity of an object, such as a star or a galaxy, relative to a reference rest frame where the average motion of surrounding objects is zero.
- radial velocitiesplural of radial velocity: Motion of an object toward or away from an observer.
- muzzle velocitiesplural of muzzle velocity: The velocity of a discharged projectile at the muzzle of a firearm.
- escape velocitiesplural of escape velocity: The minimum speed needed to escape the gravitational field of a planet or other body.
- exit velocitiesplural of exit velocity: The estimated speed at which a batted ball is travelling as it is coming off the player's bat.
- four-velocitiesplural of four-velocity: A generalization of velocity in four-dimensional spacetime
- information velocitiesplural of information velocity: The speed at which information is transmitted through a particular medium.
- Planck velocitiesplural of Planck velocity: The Planck speed.
- space velocitiesplural of space velocity: The velocity of a star relative to the Sun
- terminal velocitiesplural of terminal velocity: The speed at which an object in free-fall and not in a vacuum ceases to accelerate downwards because the force of gravity is equal and opposite to the drag force acting against it.
- tangential velocitiesplural of tangential velocity: The instantaneous velocity (speed) of a body moving along a circular (or elliptical) path
- first cosmic velocitiesplural of first cosmic velocity: The velocity in a circular orbit about the Earth.
- second cosmic velocitiesplural of second cosmic velocity: Escape velocity of Earth (interplanetary speed).
- third cosmic velocitiesplural of third cosmic velocity: The escape velocity of the Solar System (interstellar speed).
Compound words 4
- equivelocitiesplural of equivelocity: An equal velocity
- hypervelocitiesplural of hypervelocity: Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
- pseudovelocitiesplural of pseudovelocity: The apparent velocity of a shock wave
- subvelocitiesplural of subvelocity: subdiffusive velocity