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Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website ("a very weeny construct") wrote:
i knew that distance per cubic second, or rate-of-change of acceleration, is the funny but aptly-named SI unit "jerk"
TIL higher-order derivatives of position with respect to time -- those that could be expressed as distance per quartic, quintic, or sextic second -- are called "snap," "crackle," and "pop," respectively
"snap" is also called "jounce" which surely means either "jerk bounce" or "jean flounce"
"a device that measures jerk is called a 'jerkmeter'"