Speed
Of rate. May also be referred to as velocity.
Distance travelled per unit time.
This concept's ID is @1~77498
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- angular velocity
(physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually...
- hypervelocity
Excessive velocity; "the meteorites struck the earth with hypervelocity impacts".
- groundspeed
The speed of an aircraft relative to the ground.
- peculiar velocity
Velocity with respect to the local standard of rest.
- muzzle velocity
The velocity of a projectile as it leaves the muzzle of a gun.
- c
The speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light...
- radial velocity
Velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer.
- terminal velocity
The constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere...
- steerageway
(nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered.
- escape velocity
The minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field.
- airspeed
The speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying.