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The following 3 entries include the term velocity of.
velocity of circulation
: the average number of times that a unit of currency circulates during a given period of time : the rate of turnover of money
velocity of escape
: a velocity that if attained by a moving body (as a rocket) would enable it to escape from the gravitational field of the earth or a celestial body and move outward in space
velocity of light
: a fundamental constant that represents the speed of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum and equals approximately 2.9979 × 1010 centimeters per second
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