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From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Derivatives of position - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 07:04:33 EST
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fortune!rpw3    Feb  5 01:58:00 1984

The third derivative of position with respect to time is also
called "jolt" (as well as "jerk"), at least in my college physics
class. 

(I also remember an old sf-novel that spoke of "joltmeters
swinging over" at rocket liftoff...)

Rob Warnock

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