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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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| ``I'm kind of the court of last resort for the people getting jerked around by city staff or who can't get any attention from the other council members,'' McConkey told the Daily News in 1999, before his electoral defeat. Jerked around year after year, White somehow not only escaped becoming a serial killer, he triumphed, growing into a generous, accomplished man. we didn't see them run / see the birth of the thought / the oldest's decision to risk it / pulling his sister by the hand we only heard impact / heads jerked around / the sound that registers not in the rational mind but in the collective unconscious / the wrong sound that means the threat of death / the tribe mobilized / two children down / two of us watching from above/the train coming in fast / our skirts inflated like lungs . |
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