hyperjerk

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noun

Any of the nth derivatives of the position vector with respect to time where n is greater than 3.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nounhyperjerk (plural hyperjerks)

plural hyperjerks

  1. natural sciencesAny of the nth derivatives of the position vector with respect to time where n is greater than 3.

    In [8], it had been shown that the hyperjerk systems are prototypical examples of complex dynamical systems in a high-dimensional phase space.

    2015 March 24, Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, “Jerk and Hyperjerk in a Rotating Frame of Reference”, in arXiv, →DOI

Origin

From hyper- + jerk (“time derivative of acceleration”).

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