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Subject: Derivatives of position
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Date: Sat, 28-Jan-84 13:24:00 EST
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From:  Keith F. Lynch 

  The way I have always heard it was:

				Position	0th derivative
Rate of change of Position:	Velocity	1st derivative
Rate of change of Velocity:	Acceleration	2nd derivative
Rate of change of Acceleration:	Jerk		3rd derivative
Rate of change of Jerk:		Thump		4th derivative
Rate of change of Thump:	?		5th derivative

  Does anyone know what the 5th, etc, derivatives of position are
called?
								...Keith