Words starting with velocit

8 letter words starting with velocit

• velocity — rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed: a high wind velocity.
• velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
• velocity microphone — a microphone in which the output varies according to the instantaneous velocity of the air molecules in the incident sound waves.
• velocity modulation — the modulation in velocity of a beam of electrons or ions caused by passing the beam through a high-frequency electric field, as in a cavity resonator
• velocity of circulation — the frequency with which a single unit of currency or the total money supply turns over within the economy in a given year.