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Angular Momentum

see synonyms of angular momentum

Noun

1. angular momentum

the product of the momentum of a rotating body and its distance from the axis of rotation

Example Sentences:
'any rotating body has an angular momentum about its center of mass'
'angular momentum makes the world go round'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Angular Momentum

see synonyms of angular momentum
noun
a property of a mass or system of masses turning about some fixed point; it is conserved in the absence of the action of external forces

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Angular Momentum

see synonyms of angular momentum
the momentum characteristic of a rotating object; the product of linear momentum and the perpendicular distance from the origin of coordinates to the path of the object: the conservation of angular momentum causes a spinning skater, star, etc. to increase (or decrease) in velocity as the radius is reduced (or increased)
symbol, Ω

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Angular Momentum

see synonyms of angular momentum
n.
1. The vector product of the position vector (from a reference point) and the linear momentum of a particle.
2. The vector sum of the angular momentums of each component of an extended body.

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