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?
It means the maximum velocity achieved by an object in freefall.
When falling, an object accelerates until the point where the air
resistance equals the force of gravity, and the object stops
accelerating and continues falling at a constant speed.
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 þ SLMR 2.1a þ It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is...dead, Jim.
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