intermediate-velocity

adjective

Usually of an interstellar cloud, of a mid-range of velocity relevant to a particular physical context.

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adjectiveintermediate-velocity (not comparable)
  1. not comparableastronomyUsually of an interstellar cloud, of a mid-range of velocity relevant to a particular physical context.

    In the northern hemisphere, the distribution of intermediate-velocity clouds is dominated by several large complexes, and two weaker complexes have been identified recently in the southern hemisphere.

    1997, Bart Wakker, Hugo van Woerden, Klaas de Boer, Ulrich Schwarz (editors), High-Velocity Clouds, page 73
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