different between velocity vs eephus

English

Etymology

veloce +? -ity, from Middle French vélocité, from Latin v?l?cit?s (“speed”), from v?l?x (“fast”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??l?s?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /v??l?s?ti/

Noun

velocity (countable and uncountable, plural velocities)

1. (physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
2. Rapidity of motion.
3. The rate of occurrence.
4. (economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.

Synonyms

• speed

Hyponyms

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• eephus pitch (common full name)
• ephus

Etymology

The naming of the pitch is generally credited to Maurice Van Robays in 1942, who said "it's a nothin' pitch, and eephus ain't nothing'". However, it is not clear what the source for the name is; possibly Hebrew ???? (“nothing, zero”).

Noun

eephus (plural not attested)

1. (baseball) An off-speed pitch with unusually low velocity, intended to catch the hitter off guard.

References

Anagrams

• pushee