speed vs velocity
Definitions
noun
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- distance travelled per unit time
- the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
- changing location rapidly
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
verb
- move very fast
- move faster
- cause to move faster
- travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
- move hurridly
Examples
Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
However Its normally an extra mit full of cash in the pot from me as I try and turbo speed goffer the place dry This doesn't sound like a good deal.
You notice that your breathing has speeded up a bit.
Definitions
noun
- distance travelled per unit time
Examples
The surface concentration of the adsorbed surfactants, the surface velocity and the migration velocity of the bubble are obtained by a boundary collocation technique.
At twenty thousand meters, with the pods still traveling at a high velocity, parachutes billowed out from the same boxes that had contained the glider wings.
No problem: just stay below escape velocity.
