Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rate of change of angular displacement with respect to time.
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- noun mathematics, physics The angle turned, in a given time, by a body rotating about an axis; the rate of
rotation through an angle.
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- noun (physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute
Etymologies
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From angular + velocity
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