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Physics The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially:
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Physics Distance traveled divided by the time of travel.
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Physics The limit of this quotient as the time of travel becomes vanishingly small; the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
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Physics The magnitude of a velocity.
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Swiftness of action.
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