The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth wi…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.Angular acceleration: alternatives and connections
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Angular acceleration
(physics) the rate of change of the angular velocity of a rotating body
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(physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.The act or state of sticking together; close union.
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.To stuff; to lard; to farce.
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs;…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.The act of gravitating.
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near it…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near it…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straigh…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole; "An orbiting electron in an atom will hav…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.Words connected by meaning
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Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.A making angular; angular formation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This cent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.(physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, rate, change, angular, velocity.Explore Academic Dictionary
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