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Velocity vs Circulation - What's the difference?

velocity | circulation |

As nouns the difference between velocity and circulation

is that velocity is (physics) a vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component while circulation is (senseid)the act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

velocity

English

Noun

  • (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, or a speed with the directional component.
  • Rapidity of motion.
  • The rate of occurrence.
  • (economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.

    • Derived terms

    * angular velocity * phase velocity * escape velocity

    circulation

    English

    Noun

  • (senseid)The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
  • The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
  • Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
  • The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.
  • (senseid)The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.