Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!allegra!eagle!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!hamilton From: hamilton@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Re: rate of speed - (nf) Message-ID: <2161@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-May-83 22:35:24 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.2161 Posted: Tue May 31 22:35:24 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 13:51:56 EDT Lines: 7 #R:iuvax:-39500:uiucuxc:16800012:000:247 uiucuxc!hamilton May 31 19:59:00 1983 hmmm "acceleration" and "speed" are both vector quantities; "rate of ***" might as well mean "magnitude of ***", since it's usually the magnitude that is referred to, not the direction. i'm not saying it isn't redundant, but it isn't intolerable.