hypervelocity

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ velocity.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hypervelocity (not comparable)

  1. Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
    The satellite was destroyed by a hypervelocity impact.

Noun

hypervelocity (plural hypervelocities)

  1. A very high velocity.
  2. A hypersonic velocity.
  3. (astronomy) A velocity greater than escape velocity.
    • 2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, in CNN‎[1]:
      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.
  • (astronomy): high velocity, intermediate velocity, low velocity

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