# Definition of Velocity. Meaning of Velocity. Synonyms of Velocity

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## Definition of Velocity

velocity
Paracentric Para*cen"tric, Paracentrical Para*cen"tric*al, a. [Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique.] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. Paracentric curve (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a paracentric. Paracentric motton or velocity, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction.

## Meaning of Velocity from wikipedia

- The velocity of an object is the rate of change of its position with respect to a frame of reference, and is a function of time. Velocity is equivalent...
- In celestial mechanics, escape velocity or escape speed is the minimum speed needed for a free, non-propelled object to escape from the gravitational influence...
- In physics, angular velocity or rotational velocity ( ω {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {\omega }}} or Ω {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {\Omega }}} ), also known...
- The phase velocity of a wave is the rate at which the wave propagates in any medium. This is the velocity at which the phase of any one frequency component...
- The group velocity of a wave is the velocity with which the overall envelope shape of the wave's amplitudes—known as the modulation or envelope of the...
- In physics, a drift velocity is the average velocity attained by charged particles, such as electrons, in a material due to an electric field. In general...
- Terminal velocity is the maximum velocity (speed) attainable by an object as it falls through a fluid (air is the most common example). It occurs when...
- Muzzle velocity is the speed of a projectile (bullet, pellet, slug, ball/shots or s****) with respect to the muzzle at the moment it leaves the end of...
- A velocity potential is a scalar potential used in potential flow theory. It was introduced by Joseph-Louis Lagrange in 1788. It is used in continuum mechanics...
- The radial velocity of an object with respect to a given point is the rate of change of the distance between the object and the point. That is, the radial...