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angular momentum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
an-gu-lar -mo-men-tum
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The vector product that describes the rotary inertia of a system about an axis and is conserved in a closed system. For an isolated rigid body, it is a measure of the extent to which an object will continue to rotate in the absence of an applied torque.

Inflected Forms

angular momenta (plural)

Questions

What does angular momentum mean?
The vector product that describes the rotary inertia of a system about an axis and is conserved in a closed system. For an isolated rigid body, it is a measure of the extent to which an object will continue to rotate in the absence of an applied torque.

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