angular velocity

noun

: the rate of rotation around an axis usually expressed in radians or revolutions per second or per minute

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If the jumper tucks their knees in toward their chest, this will increase their angular velocity (just like the ice skater above). — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2024 Both of those processes have long been predictable influences on the Earth’s angular velocity. — Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 July 2024 There are always thick, cloudy eye walls around that hurricane, and winds that rotate more quickly, in terms of angular velocity, than the winds at lower, surrounding latitudes. — Big Think, 15 Apr. 2026 These changes could be converted into measurements of angular velocity. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2022 See All Example Sentences for angular velocity

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1672, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of angular velocity was circa 1672

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“Angular velocity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angular%20velocity. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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