JT>During the 4th year of the reign of William the Lecherous,
JT> John Sandow spake thusly to Nolan Penney...
JT> JS> Terminal velocity
JT> I've seen this bandied about here, but what does "terminal velocity"
JT> mean?
Terminal velocity means the maximum velocity a given object will reach
when falling through the atmosphere -- that is, when the gravitational
acceleration is cancelled out by drag.  A falling human body will
achieve terminal velocity at about 180 feet per second.
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