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Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> I would have through elastic would mean the objects deformed, and
>> inelastic would mean they didn't deform, but hey...
>
> They both deform. The question is whether they spring back. If they
> didn't deform, they wouldn't bounce. Think about it, visualizing it at a
> tiny scale.
Yes. I was saying, in a theoretical context, people often assume that
objects collide with no deformation, but presumably in the real world
this never actually happens...
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