hypervelocity

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adjective

Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.

“The satellite was destroyed by a hypervelocity impact.”

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Meanings

adjectivehypervelocity (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving, or occurring at, extreme velocity.

    The satellite was destroyed by a hypervelocity impact.

nounhypervelocity (plural hypervelocities)

plural hypervelocities

  1. A very high velocity.
  2. A hypersonic velocity.
  3. astronomyA 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Englishvelocity
  8. Englishhypervelocity

From hyper- + velocity.

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Cite this entry
APA

hypervelocity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypervelocity

MLA

“hypervelocity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypervelocity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypervelocity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypervelocity.

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