Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Newton's Laws, Weight and Mass.
The maximum steady speed reached by a falling object when the resistive forces exactly equal the accelerating force (weight).
Terminal velocity appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Motion and forces, especially Newton's Laws, Weight and Mass and Newton's First Law.
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