angular momentum
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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 infinitesimal component particle of an extended body.
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angular momentum
n
(Mathematics) 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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an′gular momen′tum
n.
the product of the moment of inertia of a body about an axis and its angular velocity with respect to the same axis.
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an·gu·lar momentum
(ăng′gyə-lər) A quantity used to measure the motion of a body that is moving in a circle. The angular momentum depends on the mass and velocity of the body, and on the radius of the circle that it is moving along. Because the velocity of a body moving in a circle is always changing (since velocity is speed and direction), its angular momentum is also always changing.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() momentum - the product of a body's mass and its velocity; "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities" |
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moment hybnosti
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