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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The figure described by the extremity of a vector that has a fixed origin and a position vector equal to the velocity of a moving particle.  2, record 1, English, - hodograph

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Hodograph method : a method used essentially for the study of two-dimensional steady movements of a perfect fluid in which, instead of the coordinates(x, y) of the physical plane, the independent variables taken are the components mu and v of the velocity q with reference to these axes.... The method is applied to determinations of incompressible flow or of compressible flow.  3, record 1, English, - hodograph

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Courbe décrite par l'extrémité P d'un vecteur dont l'origine est fixe et qui reste équipollent à la vitesse d'un point sur sa trajectoire.  2, record 1, French, - hodographe

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish