How to Use angular velocity in a Sentence

angular velocity

noun
  • This has the angular velocity and the orbital radius on one side (the two things that change).
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 16 Jan. 2021
  • As soon as the skater tucks their arms back in, the angular velocity increases.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • In this expression, α is the rate of change of the angular velocity (ω).
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Each piece starts in a motion around the Earth, but with the same angular velocity as the Earth.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
  • If the ball is moving around in a circle with a radius r with an angular velocity ω, then the following must be true.
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 10 July 2019
  • What about the relationship between the angular velocity and the length of the string?
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 9 May 2018
  • Other data suggest that an angular velocity of up to 4 rpm could be possible.
    — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2022
  • But by changing her moment of inertia, her angular velocity will also change.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 26 July 2021
  • From that paper, the coefficient depends on the speed, angular velocity, and type of surface.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 July 2019
  • If your angular momentum stays the same while your moment of inertia goes down, your angular velocity must rise in response.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • So angular velocity measures the angle that the ball covers (in radians per second).
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
  • However, with zero torque on the system, a decrease in the moment of inertia would mean an increase in the angular velocity.
    — WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022
  • For one complete rotation of the Earth, their angular velocity would be 2π radians per day.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Nextiles can calculate angular velocity, strain, stress, and highlight warning signs of fatigue.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • Angular momentum is the product of the angular velocity and the moment of inertia.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 26 July 2021
  • 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
  • Even though the angular momentum stays constant, the angular velocity (the direction of rotation) will change.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2019
  • But this centripetal acceleration depends on both the angular velocity (ω) and the orbital distance (R).
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 8 Mar. 2021
  • With a decrease in the moment of inertia, the only way your angular momentum can remain constant is if your angular velocity increases.
    — WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Meanwhile, the battery pack is also equipped with an accelerometer and gyroscope to track things like speed and angular velocity, plus a Bluetooth radio chip that sends all that information to an app.
    — Outside Online, 20 May 2022
  • The direction of this Magnus force is perpendicular to the velocity and depends on both the velocity and the angular velocity (how fast the ball spins).
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 24 June 2018
  • QubeSat is flying to demonstrate quantum gyroscopes to measure angular velocity.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Notice that this acceleration can be calculated using either the velocity or the angular velocity (ω).
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 16 Jan. 2021
  • The direction of this Magnus force is perpendicular to both the velocity vector and the angular velocity vector (which is in the direction of the axis of rotation).
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 July 2019
  • As an example, the code snippet for determining if the robot is on bumpy terrain looks at the IMU sensor and labels the terrain as bumpy if the angular velocity magnitudes are large.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Altogether, the design offers a better ratio of angular velocity to chronometric performance.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
  • During gameplay, the patented system would use these sensors to measure the controller's position, acceleration, angular velocity, orientation, motion, and the precise length of time the player pushes the controller's buttons.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The team discovered the nature of UPM J1040−3551 AabBab using the European Space Agency (ESA) star tracking spacecraft Gaia and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) to measure the angular velocity of its components.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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