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Escape Velocity

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Noun

1. escape velocity

the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Escape Velocity

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noun
the minimum velocity that a body must have in order to escape from the gravitational field of the earth or other celestial body

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Escape Velocity

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the minimum speed required for a particle, space vehicle, or other body to escape permanently from the gravitational field of a planet, star, etc.: it is c. 11.3 km (c. 7 mi) per second for escape from the earth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Escape Velocity

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n.
The minimum velocity required to escape the space gravitationally dominated by the Earth or another celestial object without further propulsion.

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