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escape velocity


escape velocity

noun

Definition of ESCAPE VELOCITY

: the minimum velocity that a moving body (as a rocket) must have to escape from the gravitational field of a celestial body (as the earth) and move outward into space
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First Known Use of ESCAPE VELOCITY

1934

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