There was not enough weight to stun, but ample velocity to cause pain, shock and a long moment of distraction.
High velocities can cause light pellets to overly deform, or even break apart in flight.
A little extra velocity at the last moment causes the hook to fully rotate.
This velocity causes a vacuum to develop at the housing wall (similar to what occurs in a venturi), which turns the liquid into a vapor.
It could not have occurred, the pathologists agreed, after he went out the window because the velocity of his descent would have caused more extensive trauma.
Higher velocities cause unstable pellet flight and loss of accuracy.
He also said the velocity of Favre's passes had caused numerous finger dislocations.
The velocity of the trains caused the Metrolink locomotive to telescope into the first passenger car.
The high energy and velocity of the recoil will cause the muzzle to rise when shooting the cartridge.
Even so, their various masses, velocities and distances cause minor fluctuations in their paths.