angular velocity

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noun Physics.

the time rate of change of angular position of a rotating body, usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute.

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Origin of angular velocity

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby angular velocity

angularity, angular leaf spot, angular magnification, angular measure, angular momentum, angular velocity, angulate, angulation, angulous, Angus, Angus Og

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How to use angular velocity in a sentence

However, if they were far enough away from the lamppost, there was no way they could remain hidden — they simply couldn’t keep pace with the angular velocity with which the lamppost appeared to move in your reference frame.
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You, too, will be zipping along to the angular guitars and zigzagging, herky-jerky vocals.
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Phone lines would catch fire from the velocity and ferocity of his words.
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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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You use fuel to give you the proper velocity and direction, and then you turn off your fuel tanks and coast there.
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Such was its velocity that in some parts of the journey the speed was frequently 12 miles an hour.
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The cock springs out of its seat when water gets into the cylinder, and prevents any mischief from the velocity of the fly-wheel.
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He was tall, angular, and emaciated, and his features were cast in a most irregular mould.
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The currents generally set to the north, and seldom run with any velocity either to the east or west.
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Conglomerate, containing angular fragments of yellowish-grey quartz-rock, in a base of compact epidote.
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British Dictionary definitions for angular velocity

angular velocity

noun

the velocity of a body rotating about a specified axis measured as the rate of change of the angle subtended at that axis by the path of the bodySymbol: ω

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Scientific definitions for angular velocity

angular velocity

The rate of change of an angle associated with an object with respect to some reference point. For example, the average angular velocity of an object moving around a central reference point once every second is 2π radians per second; the Earth spins around its axis with an angular velocity of 2π radians per day. Also called angular frequency