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Old 08-29-14 | 02:36 PM
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What is "snap" ?

As it refers to a sprint?
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Old 08-29-14 | 02:56 PM
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The rate of change of acceleration with respect to time. Commonly called jerk in physics.
In other words, acceleration is the rate of change in your speed, snap/jerk is the rate of change in your acceleration.
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Perfect. Thank you.
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ya, the week after Newton came up with the second law of motion, F=ma, he published a little known work on "snap". few know about it.
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Originally Posted by hueyhoolihan
ya, the week after Newton came up with the second law of motion, F=ma, he published a little known work on "snap". few know about it.
I hear it's a very derivitive work...
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Originally Posted by andr0id
The rate of change of acceleration with respect to time. Commonly called jerk in physics.
In other words, acceleration is the rate of change in your speed, snap/jerk is the rate of change in your acceleration.
You've completely killed this thread with your precise and very helpful answer.

Shame on you.
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