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tangential velocity comparison table |
Subject | is a kind of | has synonym | has definition |
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velocity | quantity | The speed and the direction of an object's motion. | |
tangential velocity | velocity | transverse velocity | A star's velocity across an observer's line of sight. To calculate a star's tangential velocity, one must know the star's distance and proper motion. |
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