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Definition of High-velocity
1. Adjective. Operating at high speed. "A high-velocity shell"
Lexicographical Neighbors of High-velocity
Literary usage of High-velocity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"In small high-velocity guns the number of rounds with full charge which can be
fired without replacing the barrel is considerably greater; ..."
2. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"Here a high velocity layer has been detected several metres below the sea bottom
and has been traced seaward until it either disappears or extends beyond ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Since that date the word " express " has been generally used to denote a rifle
possessing high velocity, flat trajectory and long fixed-sight range.2 In ..."
4. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1901)
"In the old type the air was discharged into the atmosphere at a somewhat high
velocity, but in the new fan its velocity is considerably reduced by the ..."
5. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1898)
"It was also a mistake to suppose that it was a novelty to fire those high velocity
quick-firing guns without the use of brass cartridge cases. ..."
6. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1898)
"It was also a mistake to suppose that it was a novelty to fire those high velocity
quick-firing guns without the use of brass cartridge cases. ..."
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