high-velocity cloud

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high-velocity cloud [′hī və′läs·əd·ē ′klau̇d]

(astronomy)

A rapidly moving interstellar cloud with a radial velocity greater than about 12 miles (20 kilometers) per second, consisting primarily of neutral atomic hydrogen, observed in the ultraviolet.

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No references found			The Andromeda finding strengthens the case that the high-velocity clouds surrounding the Milky Way include remnant gas from the galaxy's origin, says Thilker. Andromeda's building blocks by Cowen, Ron / Science News Afterward, a slower-moving yet still high-velocity cloud of dust, debris and molten material swept over North America, ``adding more insult,'' Schultz said. ASTEROID THEORY HAVING GREAT IMPACT : 65-MILLION-YEAR-OLD COLLISION ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Astronomers had assumed the body was a so-called high-velocity cloud, a type of fast-moving mass of atomic hydrogen commonly found far from the galaxy. Telescope spies a galactic satellite. (Astronomy) by Science News			high-temperature fuel cell high-temperature gas-cooled reactor high-temperature material High-temperature materials high-temperature phenomena High-Temperature Reactor High-Temperature Shops high-temperature superconductor high-temperature water boiler high-temperature-water heating system high-tensile alloy high-tensile bolt high-tensile reinforcement high-tensile steel high-tension high-tension bolt high-tension detonator high-tension separation high-test chain high-tier system high-transmission glass high-vacuum insulation high-vacuum rectifier high-vacuum switching tube high-vacuum tube high-velocity cloud high-velocity duct system high-velocity star high-volatile bituminous coal High-Voltage Accelerator high-voltage direct current high-voltage electron microscope High-Voltage Engineering high-voltage insulation High-Voltage Power Line high-water full and change high-water inequality high-water line high-water lunitidal interval high-water mark high-water platform high-water quadrature high-water springs high-water stand highball Higher Communist Institute of Education higher criticism Higher Education Higher Education National Software Archive Higher Educational Institutions Higher Elementary Schools			high-vacuum rectifier high-vacuum switching tube high-vacuum tube High-Valuation Stock High-Valuation Stocks High-Value Airborne Asset High-Value Asset Combat Air Patrol High-Value Asset Control High-Value Asset Security Container High-Value Criminal High-Value Crops Program High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group High-Value Food High-Value Food Product High-Value Item Security System High-Value Management high-value target High-Vanadium High Speed Steel high-velocity high-velocity High-Velocity Accelerating Target High-Velocity Aircraft Rocket High-Velocity Antitank High-Velocity Armor Piercing High-Velocity Armor-Piercing Tracer high-velocity cloud High-Velocity Combustion Wire high-velocity duct system High-Velocity Flame Spraying High-Velocity Grenade Launcher System High-Velocity Low-Pressure High-Velocity Molecular Flow High-Velocity Paintball High-Velocity Particle High-Velocity Projectile high-velocity star High-Velocity, Armor Piercing, Discarding Sabot High-Velocity, Low Amplitude high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust High-Video Pass High-Viscosity Viscoelastic high-vitamin diet high-vitamin diet high-volatile bituminous coal high-voltage high-voltage High-Voltage Accelerator High-Voltage Adapter High-Voltage Agarose Gel Electrophoresis High-Voltage Analog Backplane High-Voltage Analog Bus High-Voltage Ceramic Capacitor

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