 Lancair crash at SnF
Stefan <stefan@mus._INVALID_.ch> wrote in
news:f9fc$4811fd6a$54487369$3700@news.hispeed.ch:
> WingFlaps schrieb:
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>>>>> In everyday's language, the word velocity stands for the
>>>>> _magnitude_ of the vector.
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>>>> Nope. Not even at high school. The magnitude is "speed".
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>>> Maybe where you live. Not where I live.
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>> BS. This is stated in any basic physics text book -even Wiki knows
>> it:
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>> "In physics...The scalar absolute value (magnitude) of velocity is
>> speed."
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> What part of "everyday's language" wasn't clear?
>
Who's everyday? is he on first or is he the shortstop?
Bertie |