hypervelocity
About 0.03 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
The satellite was destroyed by a hypervelocity impact.
- noun A very high velocity.
- noun A hypersonic velocity.
- noun A velocity greater than escape velocity.
Similar words
ultraviolent violent ultra-high ultrarapid high voltage ultra hyperviolent ultrasevere ultrahot hyperaccelerated
Often followed by
impact impacts vehicles techniques flight guns projectiles particle particles regime
Word family
hypervelocities
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