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velocity

/vuh-los-i-tee/US // vəˈlɒs ɪ ti //UK // (vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ) //

速度,速率

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ve·loc·i·ties.

    • : rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed: a high wind velocity.
    • : Mechanics. the time rate of change of position of a body in a specified direction.
    • : the rate of speed with which something happens; rapidity of action or reaction.

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Examples

  • I know that it’s something that’s helped with my command and also my velocity.

  • Theorists had shown decades ago that coronal waves’ velocities can be used to infer the strength of the magnetic field.

  • Running a computer model with the stars’ masses, positions and velocities should better predict what’s in store, he says.

  • RHPs achieve more break on every key dimension, even after controlling for their higher velocity.

  • Among pitchers to have thrown 10 innings this season, Luzardo ranks 11th overall, and first among left-handed pitchers, in fastball velocity.

  • Phone lines would catch fire from the velocity and ferocity of his words.

  • You use fuel to give you the proper velocity and direction, and then you turn off your fuel tanks and coast there.

  • It showcases two of his signature qualities as a writer: narrative velocity and an unerring ear for dialogue.

  • And nobody needs a 30-round clip of high-velocity, steel-jacketed, armor-piercing ordnance for target shooting.

  • In the first two hours after launching it, Bijani recouped his $2,000 investment into Three D Velocity.

  • Such was its velocity that in some parts of the journey the speed was frequently 12 miles an hour.

  • The cock springs out of its seat when water gets into the cylinder, and prevents any mischief from the velocity of the fly-wheel.

  • The currents generally set to the north, and seldom run with any velocity either to the east or west.

  • A great mass of dirt and brush and rock was hurtling down upon them with sickening velocity.

  • I had a plentiful supply of 130-grain Spitzer-point bullets, a high-velocity, long-range killer that I might get a chance to use.