Terminal velocity does not mean what you think it means.

It's the speed that a falling mass achieves equilibrium between the force of gravity and the force of fluidic drag and stops accelerating. It's not the speed required to "terminate" a thing.

Title is wrong...but awesome none the less.

True, but "terminal velocity" conveys decently close to the right idea and there isn't any specific word that means the speed at which magnetic force is overcome by centrifugal force. As far as I know, anyway.

Escape velocity ("the lowest velocity that a body must have in order to escape the gravitational attraction of a particular planet or other object") might be arguably closer to the mark, but gravity is not the same as magnetism.

I stand by my overly pedantic comment and note I made it after upvoting.

I looked on YouTube, and most of the comments seem to be between people like me and people calling them ghey faggits. At least people who claim if a large group start saying something incorrectly, that means it's now correct.

It's not like saying axe instead of ask, where it's a pronunciation variance, but means the same.

It's like the statements:

1)In my accident the other guy was charged with driving with undue care and attention.

2)In my accident the other guy was charged with driving without due care and attention.

The first is what a lot of people say, but it still isn't correct because it means the exact opposite of the second, correct statement. Driving with undue care means you are giving the driving care and attention to which it is not due. You are being "too careful". Why would you be charged with being too careful?

@Payback -- The Youtube comments area is not to be considered a potential source of rational discussion.

Assume that one concedes to your point about "terminal velocity" being the wrong phrase to use here. What would be better? And I'll note that there are many potential metrics for "better" -- conveying the correct idea precisely, doing so in a concise manner, etc.

"Neodymium Magnets Reaching a Velocity at Which the Centrifugal Force Upon Them Exceeds the Magnetic Force Holding Them Together" makes for a more accurate title, but might lose brevity points. The "Terminal Velocity" title conveys maybe only 75% of the accuracy of the more precise title, but with a greater than 25% savings in length (5 words vs 19). Although I'm sure a more optimally brief AND accurate title exists.

Not trying to be snarky, and I 100% agree that there are situations where saying something with complete accuracy and careful precision is extremely important. But perhaps an online video about magnets spinning apart can be at least partially excused for opting for brevity over accuracy, especially in something as trivial as the title. Especially when the inaccuracy can be noted and explained in the comments section by well meaning viewers.

It's the thin edge of the wedge. Inaccuracy in online video titles mean the terrorists win!

All because the OP couldn't think of "centrifugal disintegration".

Ahh, but the magnets don't actually *disintegrate*... Maybe "centrifugal separation".

Still, I like the cut of your jib.