Synonyms for velocity
vəˈlɒs ɪ tive·loc·i·ty

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1. velocity

   Synonyms:
   quickness, swiftness, speed, celerity, rapidity, fleetness

   Antonyms:
   slowness, sluggishness, tardiness, lentor, languor, cumbrousness, inactivity

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1. speed, velocitynoun

   distance travelled per unit time

   Synonyms:
   speeding, amphetamine, fastness, pep pill, speed, swiftness, focal ratio, upper, hurrying, f number, stop number

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1. • Rate

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1. velocitynoun

   Synonyms:
   swiftness, speed, celerity, fleetness, quickness, rapidity

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1. List of paraphrases for "velocity":

   speed, rate, airspeed

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1. Prosecutor Creighton Waters:

   The evidence that you’ve heard shows that the defendant became so addicted and so dependent on the velocity of money that the millions of dollars in legal fees that he was receiving was not enough and so he started to steal. He stole by billing personal expenses to the firm ; he stole by stealing from his own family.

2. Frank Reich:

   So, dig into every throw from the last couple years. Look at the ball velocity, look at the length, look at the accuracy, look at the movement skills and I see no diminishing physical skills.

3. Morgan Sword:

   It’s a direct response to the escalating strikeout rate, where you’re giving the hitter approximately one one-hundreth of a second of additional time to decide whether to swing at a pitch, which has the effect just in terms of reaction time of reducing the effective velocity of a pitch by roughly 1.5 mph, the purpose of the test and hope is giving hitters even that tiny additional piece of time will allow them to make more contact and reduce the strikeout rate.

4. Andrew Yanofsky:

   Cargo and containers are at a premium, so we're going to prioritize high-velocity, small items.

5. Lucas Giolito:

   I didn’t really have good fastball velocity, i didn’t feel like I could just reach back and throw it 95 or 96 and blow someone up. It was a lot more trying to be crafty.