terminal velocity

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At what point does a phone hit terminal velocity?

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2024

Small, heavy objects reach a higher terminal velocity than big, lightweight ones — think a baseball versus a piece of paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

In analyzing their data, they also discovered that fluctuations in the terminal velocity frequency distribution followed the same pattern.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

But this terminal velocity calculation does not explain the observations of the New York veterinarians: Why do cats seem to survive a fall from the seventh floor or higher better than from lower floors?

From Scientific American • Jul. 24, 2023

Wind nymphs zipped around the room, delivering orders of pizza, burgers, steaks, salads, Chinese food, and burritos, all flying at terminal velocity.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan