Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The minimum speed needed to escape the gravitational field of a planet or other body.

    Fluchtgeschwindigkeit

    втора́я косми́ческая ско́ростьvtorája kosmíčeskaja skórostʹ, ско́рость убега́нияskórostʹ ubegánija

    друга космічна швидкістьdruha kosmična švydkistʹ

    the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A major breakthrough or milestone; momentum.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. What is the escape velocity?

Translations

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Forms

plural: escape velocities

See also

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