
25-May-2004, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Bob
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Originally Posted by swansont
Not as such. There is no need for decelerate since it's covered by acceleration, which is a vector. "Suck" isn't used because the force is exerted by particles at higher pressure, not by the lack of particles at lower pressure - a vacuum doesn't exert a force.
Just a couple of instances of physics definitions being different from lay definitions.
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Here are a couple of physics definitions for your perusal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucking
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Thank you. These prove my point quite nicely.
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