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Standard XII
Physics
1st Equation of Motion
What is jerk?
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What is jerk?
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Jerk is defined as the rate of change of acceleration; that is, the derivative of acceleration with respect to time, and as such the second derivative of velocity, or the third derivative of position. It is a vector quantity.
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