exhaust velocity

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the velocity, relative to a rocket, at which exhaust gases leave the nozzle of the rocket's engine.

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Farrell issued a ticket to an 18-year-old shipyard worker for speeding and an improper exhaust mechanism, according to the TP.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Phone lines would catch fire from the velocity and ferocity of his words.
David Garth, the Consultant Who Talked Up to Voters|Jeff Greenfield|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You use fuel to give you the proper velocity and direction, and then you turn off your fuel tanks and coast there.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves|Marlow Stern|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But they have a lot more tools now, a lot more information, a lot more digital exhaust that we all have.
Obama: The Most Secretive President?|Lloyd Grove|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He begins to flail and exhaust himself before submerging for good.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Such was its velocity that in some parts of the journey the speed was frequently 12 miles an hour.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
A very slight movement of the armature disc J, therefore, suffices to open to the full extent two long exhaust passages.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
The cock springs out of its seat when water gets into the cylinder, and prevents any mischief from the velocity of the fly-wheel.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The exhaust-valve is exactly as when it was put in, worked by a rack-and-tooth segment.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The steady use of the organ for an hour-and-a-half's choir rehearsal would exhaust the batteries.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller