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  2. Terminal velocity - Wikipedia

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    This speed is the asymptotic limiting value of the speed, and the forces acting on the body balance each other more and more closely as the terminal speed is approached. In this example, a speed of 50.0% of terminal speed is reached after only about 3 seconds, while it takes 8 seconds to reach 90%, 15 seconds to reach 99%, and so on.

  3. Speed of light - Wikipedia

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    The speed of light in vacuum, ... the parameter c is ubiquitous in modern physics, ... a signal can travel only a maximum of about 30 centimetres ...

  4. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    Maximum speed recorded by a Formula One car. Set by Juan Pablo Montoya during the 2005 Italian Grand Prix at Monza in a McLaren MP4-20. 105.5: 379.8: 236: 3.52 × 10 −7: Maximum speed of a Ferrari F50 GT1. 113: 408: 254: 3.77 × 10 −7: Fastest non-tornadic wind gust recorded on Earth - at Barrow Island, Australia on April 10, 1996, during ...

  5. Speed - Wikipedia

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    Speed is the magnitude of velocity (a vector), which indicates additionally the direction of motion. Speed has the dimensions of distance divided by time. The SI unit of speed is the metre per second (m/s), but the most common unit of speed in everyday usage is the kilometre per hour (km/h) or, in the US and the UK, miles per hour (mph).

  6. Speed of gravity - Wikipedia

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    The speed of gravity (more correctly, the speed of gravitational waves) can be calculated from observations of the orbital decay rate of binary pulsars PSR 1913+16 (the Hulse–Taylor binary system noted above) and PSR B1534+12. The orbits of these binary pulsars are decaying due to loss of energy in the form of gravitational radiation.

  7. Tangential speed - Wikipedia

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    Tangential speed is the speed of an object undergoing circular motion, i.e., moving along a circular path. [1] A point on the outside edge of a merry-go-round or turntable travels a greater distance in one complete rotation than a point nearer the center.

  8. Hypersonic speed - Wikipedia

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    In aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that exceeds five times the speed of sound, often stated as starting at speeds of Mach 5 and above. [1]

  9. Speed of light (cellular automaton) - Wikipedia

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    In Conway's Game of Life (and related cellular automata), the speed of light is a propagation rate across the grid of exactly one step (either horizontally, vertically or diagonally) per generation. In a single generation, a cell can only influence its nearest neighbours , and so the speed of light (by analogy with the speed of light in physics ...