ANGULAR MOMENTUM


Meaning of ANGULAR MOMENTUM in English

noun Date: 1870 a vector quantity that is a measure of the rotational momentum of a rotating body or system, that is equal in classical physics to the product of the angular velocity of the body or system and its moment of inertia with respect to the rotation axis, and that is directed along the rotation axis

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