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Noun: relative velocity
  1. The vector difference between the velocities of two bodies : the velocity of a body with respect to another regarded as being at rest
    "The motion may have a different appearance as viewed from a different reference frame, but this can be explained by including the relative velocity of the reference frame in the description of the motion";
    - relative speed

Derived forms: relative velocities

Type of: speed, velocity

Encyclopedia: Relative velocity