On 24 May 2016 at 10:17, Postmark wrote:

> On 24 May 2016, at 06:58, tmr0195@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Please tell me the proper term of how one goes from 0G to 1G?
>
> It appears that the proper term for this is "the jerk".
>
> No, really, just in case the website I looked on was a spoof, I
> checked the ISO 2041 document:
>
> https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:2041:ed-3:v1:en
>
> and jerk is the rate of change of acceleration.
>
> There is some suggestion that over here in the UK, the term "jolt" is
> an acceptable alternative and too my ears that would sound better...

"Surge" is another term that's been used.

> (Personally, I was expecting the term "impulse" but it seems that the
> engineers objected.)

Because impulse was already around and meant something else.

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