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jerk [jərk] (mechanics) The rate of change of acceleration; it is the third derivative of position with respect to time. A unit of rate of change of acceleration, equal to 1 foot (30.48 centimeters) per second squared per second. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Suddenly I saw a man almost under the animal's nose, and reined in with a jerk that came near setting the creature upon its haunches. Then, when he had worked Taug to such a pitch of foaming rage that the great bull fairly danced upon the bending limb beneath him, Tarzan's hand shot suddenly outward, a widening noose dropped swiftly through the air, there was a quick jerk as it settled about Taug, falling to his knees, a jerk that tightened it securely about the hairy legs of the anthropoid. His wrath was immediate with her second leap, and he sprang to the side to avoid her claws, and in from the side to meet her, his jaws clamping together on her spinal column with a jerk while she was still in mid-air. |
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