velocity
3
4.8
- noun
- /vəˈlæsɪti/
- Specialized
:
velocidad de llegada de datos
- The data pipeline must be designed to handle the velocity at which new information is generated.
- velocity vector
- conduction velocity
- velocity of information
Examples
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Understanding the velocity of data is essential for optimizing real-time processing systems.
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In big data applications, the velocity of incoming data determines how quickly decisions can be made.
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I loved the velocity of the process: an event witnessed and recorded overnight.
Fiction book (2002) -
Over the next four decades, he would come to dominate the field of radial velocity measurement.
Academic text (1992) -
Figure 4a shows the average drift pattern and velocity of Arctic sea ice.
Academic text (2011) -
Then they put these slices together into a map of velocity (see image at right).
Academic text (1996) -
For this domain, the model permits independent fluctuations in the velocity ratio between neighboring shells.
Academic text (1995) -
Velocity dispersion refers to the range of observed velocities due to the different orbital motions of stars.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
∞
2.1
The speed or amount at which something happens over time
∞
1.0
How fast someone or something moves
409
2.0
How fast someone or something moves
2
3.4
The speed at which digital information moves through a connection, measured in bits per second
2
4.2
The speed at which digital data is sent or processed in bits per second
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.7
The speed needed to leave a planet's or star's gravity without more push
- Specialized
1
6.3
The fastest steady speed a falling object reaches when air stops it from going faster
- Jargon
1
6.5
The point when a company grows enough to support itself without extra funding
- Specialized
1
5.8
How fast and in what direction something moves compared with another object
- Specialized
The speed of an object compared with the average movement of nearby stars or gas
- Specialized
A tool that sends sound waves through concrete to check its strength without breaking it
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Velocity comes from the Latin velox 'fast', and in data work it describes how quickly data arrives and must be processed. That's why velocity in big-data means the 'speed' of the data flow.