Usually means: Velocity relative to average motion.
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  3. Peculiar velocity: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  5. peculiar velocity: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. peculiar velocity, Peculiar velocity: Encyclopedia

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  1. Peculiar Velocity: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Peculiar Velocity: Extragalactic Astronomy

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▸ noun:  Peculiar motion or peculiar velocity refers to the velocity of an object relative to a rest frame—usually a frame in which the average velocity of some objects is zero.


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