terminal velocity

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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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

From Scientific American

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

From The Verge

But because of the earth’s atmosphere, free-falling objects eventually reach terminal velocity, in which acceleration slows to zero.

From New York Times