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Topic: Terminal Velocity

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  Velocity    Terminal  
  Terminal Services    Terminal Server  
  Terminal Emulation    Terminal Blocks  
  Terminal Emulator    Terminal Illness  
  Credit Card Terminal    Terminal Server Client  
  Escape Velocity    Port Authority Bus Terminal  

 
 
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant

What is the approximate terminal velocity for a spent falling bullet that was fired into the air?
Jake Farley,
Truck Driver

My reasoning was this: dirt is softer to fall onto and terminal velocities are lower - but this is Australia, the ground is baked real hard - it hurts.
Reach terminal velocity as you accelerate through the tunnel of darkness before you splash in safety.
Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

Terminal velocity experiment 3 - Using the simulation to model a parachute jump.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

These particles obey Stokes’ Law, which establishes the theoretical terminal velocities of solids in water.
Terminal velocity- a point where the force of gravity and air resistance are balanced - causes a falling object such as this skydiver to stop accelerating.
Terminal velocity is the maximum velocity of objects falling through a fluid medium.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

ZIP is an executable for the registered version of Terminal Velocity that is optimized for S3 Virge chipset video cards.
Dwango support was built in to the registered version of Terminal Velocity v1.
Josh Hogan,
Commander

Feel the adrenalin rush as you accelerate to a terminal velocity of 120 mph and freefall for a mile before your instructor deploys the parachute!
Feel the adrenaline rush as you accelerate to a terminal velocity of 120 mph and freefall for up to a minute before the parachute is deployed.
Parts with Terminal Velocities in this range would not pose a threat to the spectator area when using the FAA Scatter Distance Formula.
 
 
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