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Jerk

Description

In physics, jerk, also known as jolt, surge, or lurch, is the rate of change of acceleration; that is, the derivative of acceleration with respect to time, the second derivative of velocity, or the third derivative of position.
Jerk is a vector, and there is no generally used term to describe its scalar magnitude (e.g., “speed” as the scalar magnitude for velocity).

Related formulas

Variables

jjerk (m/s3)
daderivative of acceleration vector as function of time (m/s2)
dttime (s)