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What is the Rate of Change of Jerk called?
The thought just occurred to me. You can of course take the Derivative of Jerk, but what is it called? I can't think of a scenario in which the rate of Jerk would be changing.
I agree. The only scenario in which I can imagine Jerk is an object falling closer to Earth. As it gets closer to the Earth, The Rate of Acceleration of Gravity increases. That's all I've got :P
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- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
The first derivative of location is speed. The second derivative is acceleration. The third derivative is jerk. Further derivatives don't have generally accepted names, but they still are of great concern to designers of public buses and trains. They really don't want to knock down standing passengers.
- gAytheistLv 68 years ago
I'm a physicist and I have to admit that I've never seen the term "jerk" used in practice. And I've certainly never heard anyone use a term for the next derivative. On the other hand, even simple problems have derivatives of all orders. Simple harmonic motion has an infinite number of continuous derivatives.
