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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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