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• Orders of magnitude (angular velocity) — Orders of magnitude area | angular velocity | charge | currency | data | density | energy | force | frequency …   Wikipedia

• Velocity — In physics, velocity is defined as the rate of change of position. It is a vector physical quantity; both speed and direction are required to define it. In the SI (metric) system, it is measured in meters per second: (m/s) or ms 1. The scalar… …   Wikipedia

• magnitude — [mag′nə to͞od΄, mag′nətyo͞od΄] n. [L magnitudo < magnus, great: see MAGNI ] 1. greatness; specif., a) of size b) of extent c) of importance or influence d) Obs. of character 2 …   English World dictionary

• velocity — /veuh los i tee/, n., pl. velocities. 1. rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed: a high wind velocity. 2. Mech. the time rate of change of position of a body in a specified direction. 3. the rate of speed with which something happens;… …   Universalium

• Velocity selector — A velocity selector is used in accelerator mass spectroscopy to select particles based on their speed. The velocity selector is composed of orthogonal electric and magnetic fields, such that particles with the correct charge to mass ratio and… …   Wikipedia

• Orders of magnitude (speed) — To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various speed levels between approximately 1×10−10 m/s and 3×108 m/s. Values in bold are exact. List of orders of magnitude for speed List of orders of… …   Wikipedia

• Areal velocity — is the rate at which area is swept out by a particle as it moves along a curve. In many applications, the curve lies in a plane, but in others, it is a space curve.The adjoining figure shows a continuously differentiable curve in blue. At time t …   Wikipedia

• Proper velocity — η.In flat spacetime, proper velocity is the ratio between distance traveled relative to a reference map frame (used to define simultaneity) and proper time τ elapsed on the clocks of the traveling object. It equals the object s momentum p divided …   Wikipedia

• Orders of magnitude (energy) — Different orders of magnitude of natural energy production for solar, wind and geothermal versus average global consumption rate (1 W = 1 J/s) This list compares various energies in joules (J), organized by order of magnitude. List of orders of… …   Wikipedia

• Orders of magnitude (acceleration) — This page lists examples of the acceleration occurring in various situations. They are grouped by orders of magnitude. Factor [m/s²] Multiple Value [G] Item 100 1 m/s² 0 m/s² 0 G The gyro rotors in Gravity Probe B and the free floating proof …   Wikipedia

• Thermal velocity — The thermal velocity or thermal speed is a typical velocity of the thermal motion of particles which make up a gas, liquid, etc. Thus, indirectly, thermal velocity is a measure of temperature. Technically speaking it is a measure of the width of… …   Wikipedia