velocity

rate of change of the position of an object as a function of time, and the direction of that change
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velocity

Summary

velocity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (835 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • velocity is credited with the discovery of Pierre Varignon[2].
  • velocity's image is recorded as Vector snelheid-Plain.svg[3].
  • velocity's follows is recorded as displacement[4].
  • velocity's followed by is recorded as acceleration[5].
  • velocity's GND ID is recorded as 4020574-5[6].
  • velocity's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85126486[7].
  • velocity's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119762787[8].
  • velocity's subclass of is recorded as vector quantity[9].
  • velocity's subclass of is recorded as ISQ derived quantity[10].
  • velocity's subclass of is recorded as physical quantity[11].
  • velocity's Commons category is recorded as Velocity[12].
  • velocity's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 12335[13].
  • velocity's has part is recorded as speed[14].
  • velocity's has part is recorded as orientation[15].
  • velocity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07ygz[16].
  • velocity's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph872791[17].
  • velocity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Velocity[18].
  • velocity's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 531.112[19].
  • velocity's PSH ID is recorded as 2941[20].
  • velocity's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1434233[21].
  • velocity's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0269741[22].
  • velocity's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[23].
  • velocity's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[24].
  • velocity's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • velocity's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[26].

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Works and Contributions

velocity is credited with the discovery of Pierre Varignon[2].

Why It Matters

velocity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (835 views/month).[1] velocity has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] velocity is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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