angular displacement
the amount of rotation of a point, line, or body in a specified direction about an axis.
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How to use angular displacement in a sentence
Scend, send, n. the upward angular displacement of a vessel—opposed to Pitch, the correlative downward movement.
I should make one comment here relative to the angular displacement of the targets.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe chief and most frequent cause of permanent disability after fracture is angular displacement.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander MilesThere may be an angular displacement—for example, in greenstick fracture.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander MilesIt is common to find an angular displacement of both bones to the radial or to the ulnar side.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
British Dictionary definitions for angular displacement
physics the angle through which a point, line, or body is rotated about a specific axis in a given direction
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Scientific definitions for angular displacement
The distance an object moves when following a circular path. It is represented by the length of the arc of a circle drawn to represent the motion of the object about a fixed point.
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