initial velocity
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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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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The main effect as shown in figure 10 is that the larger particles could rise higher (for giveninitialvelocity).
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Two-way variance analysis for repeated measures was computed for theinitialvelocityof facial movements.
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This setup ensures that only ions with smallinitialvelocitycomponents perpendicular to the drift field are recorded.
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The constraints on the reaction force (no take-off, no sliding) give also some limits on theinitialvelocity(or angular momentum).
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Circular feet smoothen the hip trajectory and thus relax theinitialvelocityrequirement.
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Ten weeks later a significant increase of laughing frequency andinitialvelocityduring laughing was found.
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For example, if theinitialvelocityis too large, the centrifugal forces are higher than the gravitational forces and a take-off of the biped occurs.
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In every iteration, the biped starts to walk from a standing posture with aninitialvelocity.
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In both cases,initialvelocityof the electrons was equal to zero.
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In the high-amplitude experiments a reduction of theinitialvelocitywith respect to the linear prediction was measured.
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Droplets are produced at a rate that depends on the tilt angle of the watering can and have an appropriateinitialvelocity.
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The electron of zeroinitialvelocitydoes not achieve the velocity of light for un-chirped lasers.
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This implies that theinitialvelocityintegrates to zero over the period.
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Our computations assume a completely arbitraryinitialvelocityfield.
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Theinitialvelocitywithin the filament is uniform.
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Each element of charge experiences a time-independent acceleration, starting from its initial position and itsinitialvelocity.
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Theinitialvelocityof either species of ion and the potential were set equal to zero at all positions.
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If theinitialvelocityacross the magnetic field is large enough, the particle moves almost freely in this direction.
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The optimalinitialvelocityis clearly a gentle negative gradient.
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Theinitialvelocityis zero everywhere, as is the initial turbulent kinetic energy.
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