Dictionary entries for 'velocity'

Synonyms

ve·loc·i·ty (və-lŏśĭ-tē)

[Middle English velocite, from Old French, from Latin vēlōcitās, from vēlōx, vēlōc-, fast.]

noun: pl., -ties.

Rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness.
Physics A vector quantity whose magnitude is a body's speed and whose direction is the body's direction of motion.
1. The rate of speed of action or occurrence.
2. The rate at which money changes hands in an economy.