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  2. Equations for a falling body - Wikipedia

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    This velocity is the asymptotic limiting value of the acceleration process, because the effective forces on the body balance each other more and more closely as the terminal velocity is approached. In this example, a speed of 50 % of terminal velocity is reached after only about 3 seconds, while it takes 8 seconds to reach 90 %, 15 seconds to ...

  3. Projectile motion - Wikipedia

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    The vertical component of the velocity changes linearly, [note 2] because the acceleration due to gravity is constant. The accelerations in the x and y directions can be integrated to solve for the components of velocity at any time t , as follows:

  4. Free fall - Wikipedia

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    This is the "textbook" case of the vertical motion of an object falling a small distance close to the surface of a planet. It is a good approximation in air as long as the force of gravity on the object is much greater than the force of air resistance, or equivalently the object's velocity is always much less than the terminal velocity (see below).

  5. Equations of motion - Wikipedia

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    Trajectory of a particle with initial position vector r 0 and velocity v 0, subject to constant acceleration a, all three quantities in any direction, and the position r(t) and velocity v(t) after time t. The initial position, initial velocity, and acceleration vectors need not be collinear, and the equations of motion take an almost identical ...

  6. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Newton's laws are often stated in terms of point or particle masses, that is, bodies whose volume is negligible. This is a reasonable approximation for real bodies when the motion of internal parts can be neglected, and when the separation between bodies is much larger than the size of each.

  7. Velocity - Wikipedia

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    Relative velocity is fundamental in both classical and modern physics, since many systems in physics deal with the relative motion of two or more particles. Consider an object A moving with velocity vector v and an object B with velocity vector w; these absolute velocities are typically expressed in the same inertial reference frame.

  8. Omega equation - Wikipedia

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    The omega equation is a culminating result in synoptic-scale meteorology.It is an elliptic partial differential equation, named because its left-hand side produces an estimate of vertical velocity, customarily [1] expressed by symbol , in a pressure coordinate measuring height the atmosphere.

  9. Vertical velocity - Wikipedia

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    The Flash: Vertical Velocity (Six Flags Great America), a roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America; The Flash: Vertical Velocity (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom), a roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom; As a common noun, the term also refers to the movement of air masses upward as related in the omega equation. Vertical speed