Definition:Terminal Velocity
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Definition
Let a body travelling under a constant force through a medium which resists its progress.
The terminal velocity of the body is the limiting speed through that medium for the given force.
Also known as
Also (and more mathematically accurately) referred to as terminal speed.
Sources
- 1972: George F. Simmons: Differential Equations ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: The Nature of Differential Equations: $\S 5$: Falling Bodies and Other Rate Problems
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): terminal speed
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): terminal speed
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): terminal speed