Volatility vs. Velocity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Volatility and Velocity
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Volatility
Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.
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.
Volatility
Capable of being readily vaporized.
Velocity
The speed of something in a given direction
The velocities of the emitted particles
Volatility
Tending to vary often or widely, as in price
The ups and downs of volatile stocks.
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Velocity
Rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness.
Volatility
Inconstant; fickle
A flirt's volatile affections.
Velocity
(Physics) A vector quantity whose magnitude is a body's speed and whose direction is the body's direction of motion.
Volatility
Lighthearted; flighty
In a volatile mood.
Velocity
The rate at which something acts or occurs
The velocity of metabolism of glucose in muscle cells.
Volatility
Ephemeral; fleeting.
Velocity
The rate at which money changes hands in an economy.
Volatility
Tending to violence; explosive
A volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation.
Velocity
(physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
Volatility
Flying or capable of flying; volant.
Velocity
Rapidity of motion.
The train was travelling at a slower velocity than usual.
Volatility
(Computers) Of or relating to memory whose data is erased when the memory's power is interrupted.
Velocity
The rate of occurrence.
Volatility
The state of being volatile.
Velocity
(economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.
Volatility
(uncountable) The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.
Velocity
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.
Volatility
The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
Velocity
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.
Volatility
(uncountable) The state of being able to fly.
Velocity
Distance travelled per unit time
Volatility
(uncountable) The state of being unpredictable.
Volatility
A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product.
Volatility
The property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
Volatility
The trait of being unpredictably irresolute;
The volatility of the market drove many investors away
Volatility
Being easily excited
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