escape velocity

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   the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field

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Questions about escape velocity

What does escape velocity mean?

escape velocity means "the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field".

Is escape velocity a common word?

escape velocity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.