Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!allegra!eagle!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!lanl-a!jlg From: jlg@lanl-a.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: rate of speed Message-ID: <337@lanl-a.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Jun-83 12:14:46 EDT Article-I.D.: lanl-a.337 Posted: Thu Jun 2 12:14:46 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jun-83 01:26:27 EDT References: sbcs.363 Lines: 6 Of course rate osf speed means acceleration, and of course rate of position means speed (actually velocity). "rate" implies "change" even if it is not explicitly stated. If the word "change" had to be used in all of these phrases then the word "rate" , used alone, would have no meaning at all. ("osf" translates to "of")