Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekchips!teklabs!done From: done@teklabs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: rate of speed Message-ID: <2056@teklabs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Jun-83 12:34:39 EDT Article-I.D.: teklabs.2056 Posted: Mon Jun 6 12:34:39 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jun-83 19:36:36 EDT Lines: 7 "Rate of speed" does not mean acceleration, except to a few misguided and overly pedantic physics linguists. Speed is a rate of change of distance (temporarily ignoring the speed vs. velocity distinction). The phrase itself seems to be well understood by the general population. Don Ellis Tektronix