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minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day ago Acceleration in physics terms just means a change in velocity. Velocity is speed in a given direction They definitely know that, given that they know that change in acceleration is called jerk
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoAnd I had no idea what the fourth derivative was called so I had to look it up. It’s called snap or jounce.
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoI remember when my calculus professor offhand mentioned these and jerk. He had a really dry sense of humor, so I didn’t realize that he wasn’t joking with us (the class) until like two semesters later.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 hours agoSo, you didn’t realise that during the unit test?
minus-squarenBodyProblem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoAnd fifth/sixth derivatives are crackle and pop because some physicists thought it would be funny to have it be “snap crackle and pop”
They definitely know that, given that they know that change in acceleration is called jerk
And I had no idea what the fourth derivative was called so I had to look it up. It’s called snap or jounce.
I remember when my calculus professor offhand mentioned these and jerk. He had a really dry sense of humor, so I didn’t realize that he wasn’t joking with us (the class) until like two semesters later.
So, you didn’t realise that during the unit test?
And fifth/sixth derivatives are crackle and pop because some physicists thought it would be funny to have it be “snap crackle and pop”