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Subject: Re: rate of speed
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Date: Mon, 6-Jun-83 12:34:39 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  6 12:34:39 1983
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"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