hypervelocity

hypervelocity
/huy'peuhr veuh los"i tee/, n., pl. hypervelocities.
extremely high velocity, as of projectiles, space vehicles, or accelerated nuclear particles.
[1945-50; HYPER- + VELOCITY]

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