Talk:Transitional kinetic energy

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The information contained herein should remain seperated form "kinetic energy". Kinetic energy as discued on another artical is a differant equation. It is the classical eqation sey to kilos and meters per second usind the 3 Unit of Measure (UOM) from SI. This equation utalizes the 4 Units of Measure for the English Engineering System that is used in the United States. The Four UOM are: the pound force (F), pound mass (m), time (t) and distance (d). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greg Glover (talk • contribs)

That is not really a meaningful distinction. If you plug English units into the formula, you get an energy measured in the English unit (foot-pounds) instead of the SI unit (newton-meters, a.k.a. joules). Also, calling this the "specific statement that governs the motion of bodies" is not accurate. "Transitional kinetic energy" is an astonishingly rare term (144 Google hits) as compared with translational kinetic energy (about 37,800 hits). Anville 15:34, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Greg Glover has a quite valid point about needing a different formula if you use the English engineering system of units, which is not a coherent system of units as that term is used in metrology. Unfortunately, he didn't express it well enough to be worth keeping, and if anything it should be added to the kinetic energy article that already existed. So while I agree with the redirect, I'll also point out that Anville's objections are way off base. Gene Nygaard 00:33, 7 October 2006 (UTC)