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terminal velocity
noun as in warp speed
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Ball and closely-prisoned man plummeted downward; slowing abruptly, with a horrible deceleration, to terminal velocity.
But the terminal velocity of an airplane is a lot more than that.
These were to demonstrate that the ship would dive to terminal velocity.
I went out to do the terminal-velocity dive with the nine-g pull-out.
Then I would do the grand dive of ten thousand feet to terminal velocity and pull out to nine g.
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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to terminal velocity, such as: escape velocity, flash, greased lightning, and lightning speed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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