The velocity of a projectile at the moment of discharge from a gun.
·noun The first letter of a word or a name. II. Initial ·vt To put an initial to; to mark with an i...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the veloc...
In naval architecture, designing for velocity is giving that form to a ship's body by which she will...
The Sailor's Word-Book
This is a term used in the orbits of double stars, and implies the motion in a certain time of one s...
May be freely assumed at nearly 1142 feet in a second of time, when not affected by the temperature ...
, depends on several circumstances. First, the tide varies with the state of the moon, running stron...
The greatest velocity it can acquire by falling freely through the air; the limit being arrived at w...