hypervelocity

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29
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30
Letters
13

Definition of hypervelocity

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
    “The satellite was destroyed by a hypervelocity impact.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
    “The satellite was destroyed by a hypervelocity impact.”

noun

  1. A very high velocity.
  2. A hypersonic velocity.
  3. A velocity greater than escape velocity.
    “But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.”

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Etymology

From hyper- + velocity.

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