In Ancient Greek, one of the final two or three syllables of a word carries an accent. Each syllable may contain one or two vocalic morae, but only one can be accented; accented morae are pronounced at a higher pitch.
US military to launch fastest-ever plane. By the time you finish reading this sentence, the Falcon HTV-2, the fastest plane ever built, could have flown 18 miles. It would get from London to Sydney in less than an hour, while withstanding temperatures of almost 2,000C, hotter than the melting point of steel.
Iâll start this article about the fastest fighter jet in the world by saying that this is about a fighter jet, not a jet, so weâre not taking spy planes into consideration. If we did talk about the fastest jet, then the SR-71 Blackbird from Lockheed would be it, with its top speed of Mach 3.3.