• In physics, circular motion is movement of an object along the circumference of a circle or rotation along a circular arc. It can be uniform, with a constant...
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  • physics students. When a body is in uniform circular motion, the force on it changes the direction of its motion but not its speed. For a body moving in a...
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    interaction between objects at the macroscopic scale, and it determines the motion of planets, stars, galaxies, and even light. Gravity, as the gravitational...
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    along a circular path. The centripetal force is directed at right angles to the motion and also along the radius towards the centre of the circular path...
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    cyclotron motion, also known as gyromotion, refers to the circular motion exhibited by charged particles in a uniform magnetic field. The circular trajectory...
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    changes its motion vector. The acceleration of the vehicle in its current direction of motion is called a linear (or tangential during circular motions)...
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    Rotation (redirect from Rotational motion)
    Rotation or rotational/rotary motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as an axis of rotation. A plane figure can rotate...
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    Tangential speed is the speed of an object undergoing circular motion, i.e., moving along a circular path. A point on the outside edge of a merry-go-round...
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    of the rotation. During one period, T {\displaystyle T} , a body in circular motion travels a distance v T {\displaystyle vT} . This distance is also equal...
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  • differential equation. A unique solution is impossible in the case of circular motion about the center of force. The shape of an orbit is often conveniently...
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    lengthy description of these clocks, along with matters pertaining to circular motion and centrifugal force, as it might be called, a subject about which...
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    period of oscillation. Simple harmonic motion can be considered the one-dimensional projection of uniform circular motion. If an object moves with angular speed...
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  • vector L = r × m v is not zero. Every central force can produce uniform circular motion, provided that the initial radius r and speed v satisfy the equation...
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    can be used to convert into reciprocating motion, or conversely turn reciprocating motion into circular motion.[citation needed] For example, inside an...
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    in frequency, wavelength and amplitude of light, caused by the relative motion of the source and the observer (as in the classical Doppler effect, first...
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    Rigid body (redirect from Rigid body motion)
    opposed to the angular position of a line, or line segment (e.g., in circular motion, the "radius" joining the rotating point with the center of rotation)...
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    Newton's laws of motion Non-inertial reference frame Orthogonal coordinates Rotating reference frame Statics Uniform circular motion Physics portal "What...
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    Biarc Circle of a sphere Circular-arc graph Circular interpolation Lemon (geometry) Meridian arc Circumference Circular motion Tangential speed Wikimedia...
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    motion] Reciprocal motion Brownian motion – the random movement of very small particles Circular motion Rotatory motion – a motion about a fixed point...
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    When a body rotates about its axis, the motion cannot simply be analyzed as a particle, as in circular motion it undergoes a changing velocity and acceleration...
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    quantum orbital motion. While the Bohr model describes the electron's motion as uniform circular motion, analogous to classical circular motion, in reality...
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  • direction of the centripetal force. In the case of a ball held in circular motion by a string, the centripetal force is the force exerted by the string...
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    circular path. The eccentrics of the planets motions were analyzed to have made reverse motions over periods of observations. This retrograde motion created...
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  • price level itself. Differential calculus Notation for differentiation Circular motion Centripetal force Spatial derivative Temporal rate Chiang, Alpha C...
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    only in the rotating frame), and the motion is an inertial circle. Analysis and observation of circular motion in the rotating frame is a simplification...
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    constant in magnitude and changing in direction with the velocity, circular motion ensues. Taking two derivatives of the particle's coordinates concerning...
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    case of circular orbit, ε = 0, gives θ = E = M. Because the uniform circular motion was considered to be normal, a deviation from this motion was considered...
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    few centuries, spread across Europe. The circular motion of the wheel was converted to a reciprocating motion at the saw blade. Generally, only the saw...
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    explain, among other phenomena, the creation of the Solar System and the circular motion of planets around the Sun. The World rests on the heliocentric view...
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  • }}{r^{2}}}{\frac {dr}{dt}}.} In the special case where the particle undergoes circular motion about the origin, d v ⊥ d t {\displaystyle {\frac {dv_{\perp }}{dt}}}...
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