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noun Physics.

the time rate of change of angular velocity of a rotating body.

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Origin of angular acceleration

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby angular acceleration

anguilliform, anguine, anguish, anguished, angular, angular acceleration, angular deformation, angular diameter, angular dispersion, angular displacement, angular frequency

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How to use angular acceleration in a sentence

You, too, will be zipping along to the angular guitars and zigzagging, herky-jerky vocals.
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Traditional coach seats gave the illusion of comfortable padding but were angular, not reflecting body shapes.
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He has a long white beard and a massive angular nose that could be the work of Gutzon Borglum.
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One rapid acceleration per day adds up to $365 in additional fuel costs per year.
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The three most fuel-costly activities are rough braking, rapid acceleration, and speeding above 70 mph.
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He was tall, angular, and emaciated, and his features were cast in a most irregular mould.
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Conglomerate, containing angular fragments of yellowish-grey quartz-rock, in a base of compact epidote.
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Angular and bony, with slightly stooped shoulders, his face is a mass of minute wrinkles seamed on yellow parchment.
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I lay there, the increasing acceleration pressing me hard against the cool metal.
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On a curved bridge the centrifugal load due to the radical acceleration of the train.
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British Dictionary definitions for angular acceleration

angular acceleration

noun

the rate of change of angular velocity

astronautics the acceleration of a space vehicle around an axis

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Scientific definitions for angular acceleration

angular acceleration

[ ăng′gyə-lər ]

The rate of change of angular velocity with respect to time. Angular acceleration is measured in revolutions per minute squared or in radians per second squared.