What can you say about the velocity of a body in uniform circular motion?

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An object moving in uniform circular motion is moving around the perimeter of the circle with a constant speed. While the speed of the object is constant, its velocity is changing. Velocity, being a vector, has a constant magnitude but a changing direction at each and every instant.

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