Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypervelocity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-ve-loc-i-ty
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.

noun

A very high velocity.

noun

A hypersonic velocity.

noun

A velocity greater than escape velocity.

Example Sentences

"The satellite was destroyed by a hypervelocity impact."
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English velocity English hypervelocity From hyper- + velocity.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Physics.

Inflected Forms

hypervelocities (plural)

Phrases

high-velocity intermediate-velocity low-velocity

Frequently Paired Words

high-velocity intermediate-velocity low-velocity

Rhymes With

curiosity velocity generosity animosity viscosity atrocity luminosity ferocity monstrosity porosity religiosity verbosity

Questions

What does hypervelocity mean?: Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
Where does hypervelocity come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English velocity English hypervelocity From hyper- + velocity.

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