Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device for measuring the speed of sound in water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus for measuring velocity or speed.
- noun Specifically, an instrument for measuring the initial velocity of a projectile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device used to measure the
speed of sound in aliquid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Missiles are guided using a combination of inertial navigation and terrain contour matching enhanced with highly accurate speed updates provided by a laser Doppler velocimeter."
The Air Force Cover-Up of that Minot-Barksdale Nuclear Missile Flight 2007
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Also it is planned to install video monitoring and speedometer (velocimeter) equipment on major crossroads and highways of big cities, which will allow registering violations.
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During this most recent test, the velocimeter was carried aloft at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center via helicopter which flew a total of six flights at various altitudes between targeted reference points.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2008
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"The second round of flight tests, completed in August, was to evaluate the capabilities of an emerging lidar technology developed at Langley, called the Doppler lidar velocimeter, also needed to meet ALHAT's stringent need for precision navigation.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2008
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