ALL meanings of angular momentum
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A a - noun angular momentum a property of a mass or system of masses turning about some fixed point; it is conserved in the absence of the action of external forces 3
- noun angular momentum the momentum characteristic of a rotating object; the product of linear momentum and the perpendicular distance from the origin of coordinates to the path of the object: the conservation of angular momentum causes a spinning skater, star, etc. to increase (or decrease) in velocity as the radius is reduced (or increased) 3
- noun angular momentum the product of the moment of inertia of a body about an axis and its angular velocity with respect to the same axis. 1
- noun angular momentum (physics) The vector product that describes the rotary inertia of a system about an axis and is conserved in a closed system. For an isolated rigid body, it is a measure of the extent to which an object will continue to rotate in the absence of an applied torque. 0