velocity

velocidad

Medida que indica tanto la rapidez con que se mueve algo como la dirección de su movimiento.

En inglés sencillo: How fast something moves and the direction in which it moves.

• The car has a velocity of ten metres per second northwards.
• Changing direction changes velocity even if speed stays constant.
• We calculated the velocities of both objects.

Expresiones frecuentes: constant velocity, velocity vector, initial velocity, average velocity

velocidad

Qué tan rápido se mueve algo.

En inglés sencillo: How fast something moves.

• The train gained velocity.
• The ball struck the wall at high velocity.
• We measured the velocity of the flowing water.

Sinónimos: speed

Expresiones frecuentes: high velocity, velocity of something, low velocity