Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Science MemesEnglish · 1 day agoPhysicists vs Normal Peoplelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1946arrow-down121
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minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·17 hours ago Acceleration in physics terms just means a change in velocity. Velocity is speed in a given direction They definitely know that, given that they know that change in acceleration is called jerk
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·15 hours agoAnd I had no idea what the fourth derivative was called so I had to look it up. It’s called snap or jounce.
minus-squarenBodyProblem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoAnd fifth/sixth derivatives are crackle and pop because some physicists thought it would be funny to have it be “snap crackle and pop”
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoI remember when my calculus professor offhand mentioned these and jerk. He had a really dry sense of humor, so I didn’t realize that he wasn’t joking with us (the class) until like two semesters later.
They definitely know that, given that they know that change in acceleration is called jerk
And I had no idea what the fourth derivative was called so I had to look it up. It’s called snap or jounce.
And fifth/sixth derivatives are crackle and pop because some physicists thought it would be funny to have it be “snap crackle and pop”
I remember when my calculus professor offhand mentioned these and jerk. He had a really dry sense of humor, so I didn’t realize that he wasn’t joking with us (the class) until like two semesters later.