escape velocity
noun
: the minimum velocity that a moving body (such as a rocket) must have to escape from the gravitational field of a celestial body (such as the earth) and move outward into space
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Even the cosmos is fair game, especially in a tech world known for its moon shots and escape velocities.
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Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
In fact, the boulder population can be roughly divided in half, with the faster half having achieved escape velocity.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 July 2023
Venus is so hot that the molecules of most gases easily reach escape velocity.
—Kevin Grazier, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
The high dropout rate means that everyone is in search of the one thing that will reach escape velocity.
—WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
My objective with Blueprint is to demonstrate aging escape velocity, using the best science, trying to do all the appropriate interventions to neutralize my aging process.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 14 July 2023
Then on Thursday, the service hit the viral escape velocity that every new social platform searches for as some of the internet’s biggest names hopped on board.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2023
Some of the tonnage is due to the fuel needed to accelerate the ship from low Earth orbit to escape velocity, and this may not differ between Mars and closer sites, such as the moon.
—David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2014
My goal is that these ideas reach escape velocity.
—Karen Walker, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
In fact, the boulder population can be roughly divided in half, with the faster half having achieved escape velocity.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 July 2023
Venus is so hot that the molecules of most gases easily reach escape velocity.
—Kevin Grazier, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
The high dropout rate means that everyone is in search of the one thing that will reach escape velocity.
—WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
My objective with Blueprint is to demonstrate aging escape velocity, using the best science, trying to do all the appropriate interventions to neutralize my aging process.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 14 July 2023
Then on Thursday, the service hit the viral escape velocity that every new social platform searches for as some of the internet’s biggest names hopped on board.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2023
Some of the tonnage is due to the fuel needed to accelerate the ship from low Earth orbit to escape velocity, and this may not differ between Mars and closer sites, such as the moon.
—David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2014
My goal is that these ideas reach escape velocity.
—Karen Walker, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
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“Escape velocity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escape%20velocity. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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