high-velocity

1. 1.

   operating at high speed

   “a high-speed food processor”

   “a high-velocity shell”

   Synonymshigh-speed

   Similarfast

Questions about high-velocity

What does high-velocity mean?

high-velocity means "operating at high speed".

How many syllables are in high-velocity?

high-velocity has 5 syllables: high--ve-lo-ci-ty. The stress falls on "lo".

What is another word for high-velocity?

Close synonyms include high-speed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is high-velocity a common word?

high-velocity is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.