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What is a terminal velocity?

What is a terminal velocity? Here are some definitions.

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.
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Have the students use a stopwatch and meter stick to determine the terminal velocity for a variety of parachute drops.
Overnight, the margin for error was reduced to almost zero, since nobody wants to overtake his own bodily excretions as he reaches terminal velocity.
At terminal velocity, of course, these jumpers open a parachute and float to the ground.
He starts to fall, picks up speed, and accelerates to near his terminal velocity in the first 10 seconds.
Raindrops fall at a much lower terminal velocity, and a mist of tiny oil droplets settles at an exceedingly small terminal velocity.
There are signs that the art market reached terminal velocity in 2015, and is now starting to slow down.

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