Usually means: Speed towards or away observer.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. radial velocity: Merriam-Webster
  2. radial velocity: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. radial velocity: Collins English Dictionary
  4. radial velocity: Vocabulary.com
  5. radial velocity: Wiktionary
  6. radial velocity: Dictionary.com
  7. Radial velocity: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. radial velocity: Rhymezone
  9. radial velocity: FreeDictionary.org
  10. radial velocity: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. radial velocity: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. radial velocity: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Radial Velocity: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Explosives (No longer online)
  4. JPL Terms (No longer online)
  5. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (radial velocity)

noun:  Motion of an object toward or away from an observer.
noun:  (astronomy) Motion of a star toward or away from the earth.

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