Definition:Speed/Also known as
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Definition
Some authors erroneously or carelessly refer to the speed of a body as its velocity.
But this is technically wrong if the author does not specify its direction as well as its magnitude.
Sources
- 1972: George F. Simmons: Differential Equations ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: The Nature of Differential Equations: $\S 5$: Falling Bodies and Other Rate Problems: Problem $2$ (footnote)