velocity
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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is experiencing a precipitous drop in fastball velocity and has struggled over his past 10 starts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Scott’s fastball velocity was down 1.5 mph under his season average, the second such dip in his last three outings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The difference in velocity produces shear forces where the two flows meet.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Executives noted increased velocity on product offerings for things like drive-through stations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
No matter how hard we try, we cannot measure a particle’s position and its velocity with perfect accuracy at the same time.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
If Murakami struggled to connect against the slower velocities of the Japanese league, how would he fare against a steady diet of upper-90s heat?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The resulting simulations replicate the masses, locations, and motions of the Milky Way and Andromeda, as well as the positions and velocities of 31 galaxies just outside the Local Group.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
To create their 3D temperature model, the researchers analyzed a wide range of geophysical data, including seismic velocities, gravity anomalies, and heat flow.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 27, 2025
During his MLB debut in Japan, Sasaki hit those 100-plus-mph velocities on each of his first four big-league pitches.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
In this theory particles no longer had separate, well-defined positions and velocities that could not be observed.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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