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terminal velocity

noun as in warp speed

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All objects have a certain terminal velocity that they reach when falling through the air, based on how their size and weight interact with wind resistance.

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In analyzing their data, they also discovered that fluctuations in the terminal velocity frequency distribution followed the same pattern.

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You can also calculate this terminal velocity, or upper speed limit, quite easily.

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If they reached the bottom at terminal velocity...well, she knew enough science to know it would be terminal.

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It’s rare that a video game can pull itself out of a terminal velocity tailspin.

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