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Beyond velocity and acceleration: jerk, snap and higher derivatives (2016)

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Liftyee ◴[19 Jun 24 12:14 UTC] No.40727521[source]▶
For those interested, it's also worth taking a look at the time-integrals (or "lower derivatives") past displacement: absement, absity, abseleration, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absement
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VHRanger ◴[19 Jun 24 13:11 UTC] No.40727971[source]▶
This is breaking my brain a little, any eli5?
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1. Buttons840 ◴[20 Jun 24 12:40 UTC] No.40738073[source]▶
Reaching your hand into an oven (for some reason), you not only care about how far it is into the over, its position, you also care about how long it's been at its current position.