velocity vs radial velocity

velocity and radial velocity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
velocity	Yes	No	No	No
radial velocity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, radial velocity is a hyponym of velocity; that is, radial velocity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than velocity:

velocity: distance travelled per unit time
radial velocity: velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer

Other hyponyms of velocity include angular velocity, airspeed, escape velocity, groundspeed, hypervelocity, muzzle velocity, peculiar velocity, c, light speed, speed of light, steerageway, terminal velocity, relative speed, relative velocity.

velocity (noun)	radial velocity (noun)
distance travelled per unit time	velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer

velocity vs radial velocity

velocity and radial velocity both are nouns.

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