terminal velocity

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At what point does a phone hit terminal velocity?

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2024

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 • Jan. 8, 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

But this terminal velocity calculation does not explain the observations of the New York veterinarians: Why do cats seem to survive a fall from the seventh floor or higher better than from lower floors?

From Scientific American • Jul. 24, 2023

A brick of loneliness is reaching terminal velocity inside me.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell