Putting on my mechanical engineering hat, I gotta agree with jerk. I did not realize “snap, crackle and pop” were unofficial terms.
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[symbol]D[/symbol].
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bibliophage, pickup is the (scalar) time derivitive of (scalar) speed. I think that the use originated in automotive circles, where one might talk about a car having a lot of pickup: If you’re drag racing, you don’t care about a car’s overall acceleration capabilities (which would include turning), you’re just intersted in how long it takes to get up to speed.