increasing velocity

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandvelocity

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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velocity
noun[C or U]
uk
/vəˈlɒs.ə.ti/us
/vəˈlɑː.sə.t̬i/
the speed at which an object ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandvelocityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The breakup time generally decreases withincreasingvelocitymodulation amplitude.
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Apparently, a laser pulse will propagate withincreasingvelocityin such a fictitious plasma.
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Moreover, /k decreases withincreasingvelocityshear.
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For even higher air velocities the loci for bifurcation have a negative inclination to the horizontal, whose value increases monotonically withincreasingvelocity.
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A wave propagates against a stream ofincreasingvelocity, up to a point where the wave speed equals the mean flow velocity.
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Prandtl (1904) recognized that for small viscosity this domain ofincreasingvelocityextended in practice only t o a relatively small distance from the bed.
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Equation (3.19) implies that the second term, within the square brackets of (3.20), decreases with increasing rotation velocity and increases withincreasingvelocityshear.
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The most important and alarming feature of scientific progress in this century is itsincreasingvelocity.
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The difficulties are due solely to the large number of applications which have been coming in withincreasingvelocityfor months past.
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Notice how the relativistic model shows the radius decreasing withincreasingvelocity.
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It will rise with decreasing velocity, then reverse direction and fall down withincreasingvelocityuntil it hits the ground.
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In this instrument, a set of linear motors drive a fluid filament apart at an exponentiallyincreasingvelocitywhile measuring force and diameter as a function of time and position.
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A weather station reported winds of 66 mph (106 km/h) and increasing velocities before the station was blown down by the storm.
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