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Hypervelocity

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A very high velocity.
  2. A hypersonic velocity.
  3. A velocity greater than escape velocity.

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Examples

“But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry⟳ them out of the galaxy like⟳ “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last⟳ two decades.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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