Velocity vs. Celerity

Velocitynoun

(physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component.

Celeritynoun

Speed, swiftness.

Velocitynoun

Rapidity of motion.

Celeritynoun

(oceanography) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves).

Velocitynoun

The rate of occurrence.

Celeritynoun

(hydrology) The speed with which a perturbation to the flow propagates through the flow domain.

Velocitynoun

(economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.

Celeritynoun

The speed of symbol transmission, now called baud rate.

Velocitynoun

Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light.

Celeritynoun

Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.

‘Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight.’;

Velocitynoun

Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time, measured by the number of units of space passed over by a moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under Speed.

Celeritynoun

a rate that is rapid

Velocitynoun

distance travelled per unit time

Velocitynoun

the speed of something in a given direction

‘the velocities of the emitted particles’;

Velocitynoun

(in general use) speed

‘the tank shot backwards at an incredible velocity’;

Velocitynoun

the rate at which money changes hands within an economy.

Velocity

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 to a specification of an object's speed and direction of motion (e.g.