angular frequency

American

noun

Physics.

a measure of the frequency of an object varying sinusoidally equal to 2π times the frequency in cycles per second and expressed in radians per second. π

angular frequency British

noun

physics the frequency of a periodic process, wave system, etc, expressed in radians per second

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Etymology

Origin of angular frequency

First recorded in 1925–30

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angular frequency

It is convenient to rearrange this equation and introduce a new variable, called the angular frequency, ω.

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