Combined Science GCSE
Terminal velocity
What Terminal velocity means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Terminal velocity
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Reference: AQA
A constant maximum speed reached when the drag force equals the weight and the resultant force is zero.
Topics that use Terminal velocity
- Acceleration (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Acceleration
- Acceleration of free fall
- Area under a velocity–time graph
- Average acceleration
- Change in velocity
- Deceleration
- Decomposition of complex shapes
- Distance and displacement
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