In kinematics, velocity is the speed of an object and a specification of its direction of motion. Speed describes only how fast an object is moving, whereas velocity gives both how fast and in what direction the object is moving.
{"resource":"Velocity"
,"qname":"quantitykind:Velocity"
,"uri":"http:\/\/qudt.org\/vocab\/quantitykind\/Velocity"
,"properties":["applicable unit":"unit:CentiM-PER-HR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:CentiM-PER-KiloYR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:CentiM-PER-SEC"
,"applicable unit":"unit:CentiM-PER-YR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:FT-PER-DAY"
,"applicable unit":"unit:FT-PER-HR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:FT-PER-MIN"
,"applicable unit":"unit:FT-PER-SEC"
,"applicable unit":"unit:GigaHZ-M"
,"applicable unit":"unit:IN-PER-SEC"
,"applicable unit":"unit:KN"
,"applicable unit":"unit:KiloM-PER-DAY"
,"applicable unit":"unit:KiloM-PER-HR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:KiloM-PER-SEC"
,"applicable unit":"unit:M-PER-HR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:M-PER-MIN"
,"applicable unit":"unit:M-PER-SEC"
,"applicable unit":"unit:M-PER-YR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MI-PER-HR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MI-PER-MIN"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MI-PER-SEC"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MI_N-PER-HR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MI_N-PER-MIN"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MilliM-PER-DAY"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MilliM-PER-HR"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MilliM-PER-MIN"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MilliM-PER-SEC"
,"applicable unit":"unit:MilliM-PER-YR"
,"dbpedia match":"http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Velocity"
,"description (plain text)":"In kinematics, velocity is the speed of an object and a specification of its direction of motion. Speed describes only how fast an object is moving, whereas velocity gives both how fast and in what direction the object is moving. "
,"exact match":"quantitykind:LinearVelocity"
,"has dimension vector":"dimension:A0E0L1I0M0H0T-1D0"
,"informative reference":"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Velocity"
,"isDefinedBy":"<http:\/\/qudt.org\/2.1\/vocab\/quantitykind>"
,"label":"Velocity"
,"sameAs":"quantitykind:LinearVelocity"
,"symbol":"v"
,"type":"qudt:QuantityKind"
]}