peculiar velocity

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Noun

peculiar velocity - velocity with respect to the local standard of restspeed, velocity - distance travelled per unit time

Translations

velocità peculiare

peculiar velocity

See peculiar motion.

peculiar velocity

[pə′kyül·yər və′läs·əd·ē] (astronomy) Superposed on the systematic rotation of the galaxy are individual motions of the stars; each star moves in a somewhat elliptical orbit and therefore shows a velocity of its own (peculiar velocity) to the local standard of rest, the standard moving in a circular orbit around the galactic center.

peculiar velocity

noun

Words related to peculiar velocity

noun velocity with respect to the local standard of rest

Related Words

speed
velocity

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