单词 | terminal velocity |
释义 | > as lemmasterminal velocity terminal velocity n. the constant velocity that a falling object will eventually attain as the resistance of the medium through which it is falling increases to equal the accelerating force acting on the object, preventing further acceleration; (also occasionally) the maximum velocity a device or machine can achieve. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > in the physical sciences > at which air resistance equals weight of body terminal velocity1749 1749 F. Holliday Miscellanea Curiosa Mathematica II. 88 The altitude..from which a body sollicited by a constant force g in a non-resisting medium would fall to acquire the terminal velocity. 1829 Aurora & Pennsylvania Gaz. 21 Dec. 2/2 In many cases the engine perhaps had not acquired its maximum or terminal velocity when the stop took place. 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. (ed. 2) vii. 50 Bodies, in falling through a resisting medium, after a certain time acquire a uniform velocity, which is called their terminal velocity, with which they continue to descend. 1914 Aeronaut. Jrnl. 18 50 He had dived, and had reached a speed so high that he thought it wise to straighten out without waiting to reach the terminal velocity. 2015 North Shore (Austral.) Times (Nexis) 24 July 8 In a belly-to-earth position skydivers reach terminal velocity at 190km/h. < as lemmas |
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