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edited Jun 17, 2020 at 8:52

Speed and Velocity in German

As I understand it there are two different words for "how fast an object is moving" in English:

velocity, tells you how the x,y,z (in 3 dimensions) coordinates of an object change over time. It's a vector quantity, hence has direction and magnitude. For example

$\begin{pmatrix} 2\\ 3\\ 5 \end{pmatrix} m/s$
speed, tells you how fast the object covers distance. It's a scalar quantity with no direction. For example

$\left \| \begin{pmatrix} 2\\ 3\\ 5 \end{pmatrix} \right \| \approx 6.2 m/s$

Do you distinguish between the vector / scalar quantity in German too? I only know the word "Geschwindigkeit" and I think it's used in both cases. Is there another word that only describes either "speed" or "velocity"?

asked Oct 7, 2016 at 21:04

user17009