A measure of the momentum of a body in rotational motion about its centre of mass. Technically, the angular momentum of a body is equal to the mass of the body multiplied by the cross product of the p [..]

A property that an object, such as a planet revolving around the Sun, possesses by virtue of its rotation or circular motion. An object’s angular momentum cannot change unless some force acts to speed [..]

A property that an object, such as a planet revolving around the Sun, possesses by virtue of its rotation or circular motion. An object’s angular momentum cannot change unless some force acts to speed [..]

The ‘hidden’ force inside an object which is accelerating constantly due to constant changes in direction - because it is traveling along a curved path, or in a circle. Objects with angular momentum attempt to conserve the relationship between their speed, their weight and the radius of the curve along which they are traveling. This is called the ‘ [..]

mvr for a mass m going at a speed v in a circle of radius r.

Also called moment of momentum, it is the cross product of position vector and momentum.

[noun] The momentum possessed by an object in rotation around a point, it is the analog to linear momentum. In physics, one of the fundamental conserved quantities in classical and quantum mechanics (the others are mass, energy, and linear momentum). Total angular momentum of a particle in quantum mechanics is the sum of the spin angular momentum a [..]

The product of the rotational inertia of a body and its angular velocity.

(n.) A measure of the mass, radius, and rotational velocity of a rotating or orbiting body. In the simple case of an object in circular orbit, the angular momentum is equal to the mass of the object t [..]

A measure of the momentum associated with rotation around an axis; a vector, its direction determined by the axis. For a mass m rotating around the axis at distance r with velocity v, the angular mome [..]

<physics> Momentum involved in the rotation of a body about an axis, conserved as is ordinary momentum (see momentum). Angular momentum is defined as the cross product of ordinary momentum with the position vector running from the axis of rotation to the body whose angular momentum is being determined. Torque is the rate of change of angular [..]

A property that an object, such as a planet revolving around the Sun, possesses by virtue of its rotation or circular motion. An object’s angular momentum cannot change unless some force acts to speed up or slow down its circular motion. This principle, known as conservation of angular momentum, is why an object can indefinitely maintain a circular [..]

the energy of motion of a spinning body or mass of air

(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 ob [..]