Originally posted by auv-ee ...
Perhaps you meant something else.
Perhaps I did!
An object sinking under the influence of gravity is subject to a resistance/drag force which increases with velocity. A maximum velocity is reached when the drag force equals the propelling force. This constant velocity is the "terminal velocity". There is also a case where objects are moving at low speeds and where turbulence is a minor factor, that viscous drag determines the "terminal velocity".
So in a sense, you can "have your cake and eat it to". In the original rather crass statement, I should really have said that objects will reach a terminal velocity rather implying that pressure and viscous drag were directly related.
