Meanings
plural hyperjerks
- 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”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
hyperjerk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperjerk
“hyperjerk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperjerk. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperjerk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperjerk.
Source: hyperjerk on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.