Re: Velocity of a falling bullet

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Spehro Pefhany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:30:56 GMT, the renowned
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>Indeed.  However, from the context above, the discussion here is about 
>>the value of the velocity (aka speed) alone).  Only in this sense does 
>     ^^^^
>   magnitude of the velocity, which is a scalar 

"value" is a synonym for magnitude, when dealing with vectors.
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>>the statement "arrive back at ground level at the muzzle velocity" 
>>make sense.
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>It's just sloppy everyday use of the word "velocity" to mean speed,
>rather than the scientific/engineering meaning of a n-dimensional
>vector, which can be thought of as a unit vector in the direction of
>motion multiplied by the speed. 

Aha.

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