terminal velocity

1. 1.

   the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity

   Broaderspeed

Questions about terminal velocity

What does terminal velocity mean?

terminal velocity means "the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity".

Is terminal velocity a common word?

terminal velocity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.