terminal velocity

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We reached terminal velocity, where we could actually do all of the stuff that we were pretending we could do in the first two seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

At what point does a phone hit terminal velocity?

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2024

Because size determines terminal velocity, a possible explanation is that the turbulence in clouds that influences snowflake size is related to the turbulence measured at the ground.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

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

From Scientific American • Jul. 24, 2023

A brick of loneliness is reaching terminal velocity inside me.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell