Link Centre Dictionary

hypervelocity

hy·per·ve·locity

uncommon

noun

1.

excessive velocity

  • “the meteorites struck the earth with hypervelocity impacts”

Origin

From hyper- + velocity.

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.