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| Product of rotational inertia and rotational velocity |
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| law of conservation of angular momentum |
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| An object or system of objects will maintain a constant angular momentum unless acted upon by an unbalanced external torque |
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| Product of the mass and the velocity of an object. Also called momentum. (This definition applies at speeds much less than the speed of light.) |
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| The resistance of an object to changes in its state of rotation, determined by the distribution of the mass of the object and the location of the axis of rotation or revolution |
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| Rotational speed together with a direction for the axis of rotation or revolution |
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