a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed as the rate of change of position with respect to time at a particular point. It is measured in metres per second, miles per hour, etc
Examples of 'instantaneous speed' in a sentence
instantaneous speed
Instantaneous speed was calculated at the center of mass at the first heel strike.
Sébastien Leteneur, Emilie Simoneau, Christophe Gillet, Yoann Dessery, Franck Barbier 2013, 'Trunk's natural inclination influences stance limb kinetics, but not body kinematics,during gait initiation in able men.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559329?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Instantaneous speed of the average of each type of vehicle ranges between 33-40 km per hour.
I Made Dwi Setiawan, I Gede Mahardika, I Made Adhika 2016, 'TINGKAT KEBISINGAN LALU LINTAS DI LINGKUNGAN PERUMAHAN DALUNG PERMAI KABUPATEN BADUNG',Ecotrophic: Journal of Environmental Sciencehttp://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/ECOTROPHIC/article/view/25600. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)