ταχύτητα — meaning in English

English meaning

• gear noun Equipment or clothing needed for a particular activity.
• rapidity noun The quality of being fast; speed.
• speed noun How fast something moves, or the rate at which something happens.
• velocity noun A measurement of how fast something is moving in a given direction — speed combined with direction.

Senses

ταχύτητα is used for these senses in English:

• gear (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
• rapidity speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid

gear — full definition

1. noun Equipment or clothing needed for a particular activity.
2. noun A toothed wheel that meshes with another to transmit motion, or the setting of such a mechanism in a vehicle.
3. verb To design or adjust something so it suits a particular purpose or audience.

rapidity — full definition

1. noun The quality of being fast; speed.
2. noun (physics) A measure of how fast something is moving compared with the speed of light, calculated using the hyperbolic arctangent of its speed as a fraction of light speed.
3. noun (physics) A measure of how fast a particle in a beam is moving along the beam's own direction.

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