kármán line
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The altitude at which the atmosphere becomes too thin to support aerodynamic flight.
Example Sentences
- "As well as being important for aircraft and spacecraft, the Kármán line is useful for lawyers—the laws that govern space are not the same as the laws that govern Earth's atmosphere!"
- "The boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space, known as the Kármán line, has been a source of controversy for years."
- "As for what was worn during the Paris festivities, the dress code wasn’t specifically themed as Marie Antoinette – necklines did plunge deep, in the late 18th-century style, but hemlines had been guillotined somewhere near the Kármán line."