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the claim
Raindrops fall with a constant terminal velocity
the verdict
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
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the weight of evidence
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That raindrops (and other falling objects) reach a constant terminal velocity when the downward force of gravity equals the upward drag force is a fundamental principle of classical physics requiring no citation.

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The analysis

The claim describes a well-established physical principle of fluid dynamics and gravity, where falling objects accelerate until air resistance balances gravity, resulting in a constant terminal velocity. This is a matter of basic physics and everyday observation, making it common knowledge that does not require empirical citations.

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  1. Scaling crossover in thin-film drag dynamics of fluid drops in the Hele-Shaw cellpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Maple samaras recover autorotation following raindrop collisions.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Quantitative analysis of ferrohydrodynamics of blood containing magnetic nanocarriers for advanced drug delivery design via hybrid machine learning.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Impact of Wind on Rainfall Measurements Obtained from the OTT Parsivel<sup>2</sup> Disdrometer.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Rain-Induced Vibration Energy Harvesting Using Nonlinear Plates with Piezoelectric Integration and Power Management.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Development of Low-Cost Single-Chip Automotive 4D Millimeter-Wave Radar.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Comparative hydrometeors measured by a PARSIVEL disdrometer at Tianshan mountains in arid regions of China.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Experimental investigation on 3H washout by rainfall at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station, Gujarat, India.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Elastic rebound engineering via leaf venation mimicry: boosting droplet spreading for high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Can Rats Die From Falling? Rats Surviving Terminal Velocitypeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Computational Fluid Dynamics Methodology to Estimate the Drag Coefficient of Balls in Rolling Element Bearingspeer-reviewedsame source L11no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Computational Fluid Dynamics Methodology to Estimate the Drag Coefficient of Balls in Rolling Element Bearingspeer-reviewedsame source L11no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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first checked05 Aug 2026
judged → COMMON KNOWLEDGE · 9505 Aug 2026
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