angular momentum
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]angular momentum (plural angular momenta)
- (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.
Translations
[edit]angular momentum
|