| Meaning | distance travelled per unit time. |
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| Synonym | speed |
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| Narrower | airspeed | The speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying |
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| angular velocity | (physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body |
| escape velocity | The minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field |
| groundspeed | The speed of an aircraft relative to the ground |
| hypervelocity | excessive velocity |
| muzzle velocity | The velocity of a projectile as it leaves the muzzle of a gun / gun |
| peculiar velocity | velocity with respect to the local standard of rest |
| radial velocity | velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer |
| speed of light, light speed, c | The speed at which light travels in a vacuum |
| steerageway | (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered |
| terminal velocity | The constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity |
| Broader | rate | A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit |
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| Spanish | velocidad |
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| Catalan | velocitat |
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