English Explanatory Dictionary

terminal velocity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The speed at which an object in free-fall and not in a vacuum ceases to accelerate downwards because the force of gravity is equal and opposite to the drag force acting against it.

Word forms

terminal velocity terminal velocities
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