escape velocity
noun
: the minimum velocity that a moving body (such as a rocket) must have to escape from the gravitational field of a celestial body (such as the earth) and move outward into space
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His later works, which took cars and speedboats as their themes, were similarly handmade, their forms at once suggesting nostalgia and escape velocity.
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News Desk, Artforum, 11 Sep. 2025
To use modern terminology, Michell was talking about the concept of escape velocity, which can be explained by means of a simple experiment.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Growing up in Great Neck, Diamandis longed to achieve escape velocity, not just from Long Island but from Earth itself.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
And if our rate of self-improvement is fast enough, then our model improvement process will reach a point of escape velocity where improvements are not just linear or additive, but exponentially compounding.
—John Werner, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 11 Sep. 2025
To use modern terminology, Michell was talking about the concept of escape velocity, which can be explained by means of a simple experiment.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Growing up in Great Neck, Diamandis longed to achieve escape velocity, not just from Long Island but from Earth itself.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
And if our rate of self-improvement is fast enough, then our model improvement process will reach a point of escape velocity where improvements are not just linear or additive, but exponentially compounding.
—John Werner, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Escape velocity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escape%20velocity. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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