Synonyms for escape velocity


Grammar : Noun


Définition of escape velocity

  • As in warp speed : noun highest possible speed
Example sentences :
  • He was, of course, traveling at escape velocity or better, and you do not orbit at escape velocity.
  • Extract from : « What Need of Man? » by Harold Calin
  • And it's still men that will have to do it, escape velocity or no.
  • Extract from : « What Need of Man? » by Harold Calin
  • The planet didn't seem to be getting any closer at all, and it ought to; they were approaching it at better than escape velocity.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
  • He ran off tangential to orbit at escape velocity on a pattern that would probably run in a straight path to infinity.
  • Extract from : « What Need of Man? » by Harold Calin
  • The blast we're saving to push to escape velocity is about three kilotons.
  • Extract from : « Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet » by Harold Leland Goodwin

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