Used in a Sentence

velocity

How to use velocity in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for velocity.

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But due to the change in wind speed, your airspeed velocity has changed less than it would in dead air.

Examples13
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

distance travelled per unit time

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of velocity gathered in one view.

noun

distance travelled per unit time

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for velocity.

noun

distance travelled per unit time

Example sentences

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But due to the change in wind speed, your airspeed velocity has changed less than it would in dead air.

2

So, you can measure the velocity of that packet of stuff by seeing how much the line is shifted.

3

In general it's a bad idea to make velocity strictly linear.

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They're also extremely low velocity, so once you set it up there's not a lot of ongoing maintenance.

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When you "move" through space, you're not changing the magnitude of your velocity vector, only its direction.

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You then sharply pull up, gaining about 100 meters of altitude and losing some of your velocity.

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I stagger over to a corner, now feeling like I have reached terminal velocity and sort of flump to the floor.

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However, browsers are currently better in that they have more penetration and a higher velocity of improvement.

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"A little engineer in his shed with a mill down the bottom of the garden could make a proper metal barrel capable of firing a high-velocity bullet.

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I'd list things such as development velocity and end-product reliability as being far more important.

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I almost hesitate to say it, but I did read the article hoping to find the average airspeed velocity of a slightly-laden European-African swift.

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The author might want to try a sinusoidal interpolation so that velocity reaches zero at the key frames and the whole thing thus spends more time dwelling on the legible parts of the animation and looks smoother.

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Today testing, integration, building, refactoring and so on are all hugely fundamental aspects of prototyping and critically important to end-product quality as well as development velocity.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use velocity in a sentence?

But due to the change in wind speed, your airspeed velocity has changed less than it would in dead air.

What does velocity mean?

distance travelled per unit time

What part of speech is velocity?

velocity is commonly used as noun.