Velox

Velox, is a Latin word meaning "swift" or "rapid". Velox may also refer to:

Vehicles

  • Heine-Velox, a luxury car made by Gustav Heine
  • HMS Velox (D34), a British 'V' class destroyer built in 1918
  • ST Velox, a tugboat in service with D Tripcovich & Co, Italy from 1956-76
  • Vauxhall 30-98 Velox, a British sports and racing car made between 1913 and 1927
  • Vauxhall Velox (L-Type), a British medium-sized saloon car between 1948 and 1965
  • Vickers Velox, a variant of the Vickers Vellore aircraft, also written as Vellox

Sport

  • Kendall Velox (born 1971), a Vincentian football (soccer) striker
  • Velox (football club), one of the predecessors of the Dutch football club FC Utrecht
  • Velox Valhallians, a rugby club located in Victoria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island

Other

  • Oi Velox, the brand name for Oi's ADSL service
  • Velox boiler, a forced-circulation boiler
  • Velox (photographic paper), a photographic paper invented by Leo Baekeland
  • Velox (fireboat), a New York City fireboat
  • Velox (mantis), a genus in family Liturgusidae
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