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PECULIAR VELOCITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peculiar velocity mean?
• PECULIAR VELOCITY (noun)
The noun PECULIAR VELOCITY has 1 sense:
1. velocity with respect to the local standard of rest
Familiarity information: PECULIAR VELOCITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Velocity with respect to the local standard of rest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("peculiar velocity" is a kind of...):
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