"speed" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The object will then continue to fall at that speed, which is called the terminal speed.
- For a person in free fall, the terminal speed is about 60 m/s or 135 miles/hour.
- When his parachute opens (hopefully), the terminal speed is reduced to around 12 miles/hour.
- Quarter-mile came up in about 16 seconds with terminal speed in the mid-80s.
- The biggest vessel will act has a terminal heading on a steady course at manoeuvring speed.
- To know the terminal speed requires much more information than the fact that it is a bullet.
- I expect a bullet is heavier than a raindrop, thus increasing the terminal speed.
- In a fall like that, with luck, the person died quickly when the rope snapped the body from terminal speed to zero.
- The missile's terminal speed and angle of attack make no difference.
- For a typical person, terminal speed is 60 m/s or approximately 135 miles per hour.
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