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Plural of velocity

regular plural

The plural of velocity is velocities.

Forms of velocity

Singularvelocity /vəˈlɒsəti/
Pluralvelocities
Countablecountable and uncountable

Velocities in a sentence

  • This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times
  • Longshore and rip current velocities may be as great as 3 knots.1988, John V. Noel, Jr., Knight′s Modern Seamanship, page 515. From the entry rip current
  • When a fetch is close to land, this variability will alter anticipated wind directions and velocities.1977, Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.), Shore Protection Manual, page 29. From the entry fetch
  • Sensorimotor polyneuropathy was diagnosed by electroneurography (ENG) with slightly reduced nerve conduction velocities and increased F wave latencies.2015 May 23, Tassilo Kruis et al., “A case series in patients with enteropathy and granulomatous diseases”, in BMC Gastroenterology…. From the entry electroneurography
  • The core was virtually unreachable at supercee velocities.1979, Frank Northen Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, Salem Press, →ISBN, page 937. From the entry supercee

Meaning of velocity

  1. noun A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
  2. noun A rapidity of motion.
  3. noun The rate of occurrence.

Full definition of velocity

Questions about the plural of velocity

What is the plural of velocity?
The plural of velocity is velocities.
Is velocity countable?
Velocity is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: velocity (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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