angular momentum

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   the product of the momentum of a rotating body and its distance from the axis of rotation

   “any rotating body has an angular momentum about its center of mass”

   “angular momentum makes the world go round”

   Broadermomentum

Questions about angular momentum

What does angular momentum mean?

angular momentum means "the product of the momentum of a rotating body and its distance from the axis of rotation".

Is angular momentum a common word?

angular momentum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.