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What is an instantaneous velocity?

What is an instantaneous velocity? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The velocity of an object at any given instant (especially that of an accelerating object).
  2. (mathematics) The limit of the change in position per unit time as the unit of time approaches zero; expressed mathematically as
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Flow can be measured as either a volumetric quantity or an instantaneous velocity.
Availability of the instantaneous velocity of a legged robot is usually required for its efficient control.
Thus, the difference quotient can be interpreted as instantaneous velocity or as the slope of a tangent to a curve.
In heterodyne SLDV, a scanned laser beam incident on the vibrating test surface undergoes a Doppler radial frequency shift proportional to the instantaneous velocity.
One hundred instantaneous velocity flow fields were computed for each phase.
Hot-wire anemometry is an experimental technique to measure instantaneous velocity and temperature fluctuations in flows.

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