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hypervelocity

hypervelocity adjective: having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.

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. 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.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, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024

Forms of hypervelocity

pluralhypervelocities

Origin of hypervelocity

From hyper- + velocity.

Words that rhyme with hypervelocity

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Questions about hypervelocity

What does hypervelocity mean?
Hypervelocity means having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
What part of speech is hypervelocity?
Hypervelocity can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hypervelocity in the dictionary

  1. hypervascularization
  2. hypervascularizations
  3. hypervascularized
  4. hypervasculature
  5. hypervelocities
  6. hypervelocity
  7. hyperveneration
  8. hyperventilate
  9. hyperventilated
  10. hyperventilates
  11. hyperventilating

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