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initial velocity

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initial velocity [i′nish·əl və′läs·əd·ē]
(physics)
The velocity of anything at the beginning of a specific phase of its motion.


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I have looked at the question in all its bearings, I have resolutely attacked it, and by incontrovertible calculations I find that a projectile endowed with an initial velocity of 12,000 yards per second, and aimed at the moon, must necessarily reach it.
 
 
 
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