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Old April 25th 08, 06:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
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Stefan wrote in
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WingFlaps schrieb:

In everyday's language, the word velocity stands for the
_magnitude_ of the vector.


Nope. Not even at high school. The magnitude is "speed".


Maybe where you live. Not where I live.


BS. This is stated in any basic physics text book -even Wiki knows
it:

"In physics...The scalar absolute value (magnitude) of velocity is
speed."


What part of "everyday's language" wasn't clear?


Who's everyday? is he on first or is he the shortstop?


Bertie