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相対速度 (そうたいそくど) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

相そう対たい速そく度ど

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Meanings

1

relative velocity

Physics term: the velocity of an object as observed from another moving object or reference frame.

相そう対たい速そく度どを計けい算さんするには、観かん測そく者しゃの速そく度どを

考こう

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する

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要よう

が

ある

。

To calculate relative velocity, you need to take the observer's velocity into account.

Kanji

相inter-, mutual, together
対vis-a-vis, opposite, even
速quick, fast
度degrees, occurrence, time

Related words

相そう対たい性せい理り論ろん
Theory of relativity; a broader concept in physics, while 相対速度 refers specifically to the velocity between two objects.
速そく度ど
General term for velocity or speed; 相対速度 specifies velocity relative to another object.

Built from

相そう対たい+速そく度ど

Etymology

Compound of 相対 (relative) + 速度 (velocity).