What does hypervelocity mean?
Hypervelocity means Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity..
The satellite was destroyed by a hypervelocity impact.
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.
Use hypervelocity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hypervelocity means Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The satellite was destroyed by a hypervelocity impact.
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