escape velocity

English

Noun

escape velocity (plural escape velocities)

1. (astrophysics) The minimum speed needed to escape the gravitational field of a planet or other body.
   • 1996, Thomas Arny, Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy, McGraw-Hill Science, page 74:

     The gravitational force exerted by a planet determines its surface gravity and escape velocity.

2. (figurative) A major breakthrough or milestone; momentum.
   • 2024 April 18, Nicole Sperling, Benjamin Mullin, quoting Rich Greenfield, “Netflix Added More Than 9 Million Subscribers in First Quarter”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “All signs point to Netflix having reached escape velocity, with subscribers scaling far faster than investors expected,” Mr. Greenfield said.

Translations

minimum velocity

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: سرعة الإفلات
• Armenian: երկրորդ տիեզերական արագություն (erkrord tiezerakan aragutʻyun)
• Asturian: velocidá d'escape f
• Basque: ihes-abiadura
• Belarusian: другая касмічная скорасць f (druhaja kasmičnaja skórascʹ)
• Bulgarian: втора́ косми́ческа ско́рост f (vtorá kosmíčeska skórost)
• Catalan: velocitat d'escapament f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 宇宙速度 (jyu⁵ zau⁶ cuk¹ dou⁶)

  Mandarin: 宇宙速度 (zh) (yǔzhòu sùdù)

• Czech: úniková rychlost f
• Danish: undvigelseshastighed (da)
• Dutch: ontsnappingssnelheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: eskapa rapido, fuĝa rapideco, forir-rapideco, liberiga rapido
• Estonian: paokiirus
• Finnish: pakonopeus (fi)
• French: vitesse de libération (fr) f
• Galician: velocidade de escape (gl) f
• German: Fluchtgeschwindigkeit (de) f
• Greek: ταχύτητα διαφυγής (tachýtita diafygís)
• Hebrew: מהירות מילוט (he)
• Hindi: पलायन वेग (palāyan veg)
• Hungarian: szökési sebesség (hu)
• Icelandic: lausnarhraði m
• Indonesian: kecepatan lepas
• Irish: treoluas éalaithe m
• Italian: velocità di fuga f
• Japanese: 宇宙速度 (うちゅうそくど, uchū sokudo), 脱出速度 (だっしゅつそくど, dasshutsu sokudo)
• Kannada: ವಿಮೋಚನ ವೇಗ (vimōcana vēga)
• Kazakh: екінші космостық жылдамдық (ekınşı kosmostyq jyldamdyq)
• Latvian: kosmiskais ātrums m
• Lithuanian: pabėgimo greitis
• Macedonian: втора космичка брзина f (vtora kosmička brzina)
• Malayalam: പലായന പ്രവേഗം (palāyana pravēgaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: unnslipningshastighet, parabolsk hastighet

  Nynorsk: unnsleppingsfart

• Persian: سرعت گریز (sor'at-e goriz)
• Polish: prędkość ucieczki f
• Portuguese: velocidade de escape f
• Punjabi: ਇਸਕੇਪ ਗਤੀ (isakep gatī)
• Romanian: viteză de eliberare f
• Russian: втора́я косми́ческая ско́рость (ru) f (vtorája kosmíčeskaja skórostʹ), ско́рость убега́ния (skórostʹ ubegánija)
• Serbo-Croatian: друга космичка брзина f, druga kosmička brzina f
• Slovak: úniková rýchlosť f
• Slovene: ubéžna hitróst f
• Spanish: velocidad de escape f
• Swedish: flykthastighet (sv)
• Tamil: விடுபடு திசைவேகம் (viṭupaṭu ticaivēkam)
• Telugu: పలాయన వేగము (palāyana vēgamu)
• Thai: ความเร็วหลุดพ้น (kwaam-reo-lùt-pón)
• Turkish: kurtulma hızı
• Ukrainian: друга космічна швидкість f (druha kosmična švydkistʹ)
• Urdu: فراری سمتار, اسکیپ ولاسٹی
• Uzbek: ikkinchi kosmik tezlik