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noun
- 1. the quantity of rotation of a body, which is the product of its moment of inertia and its angular velocity.
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- Angular momentum
In physics, angular momentum (sometimes called moment of momentum or rotational momentum) is the rotational analog of linear momentum. It is an important physical quantity because it is a conserved quantity – the total angular momentum of a closed system remains constant. Angular momentum has both a direction and a magnitude, and both are conserved. Bicycles and motorcycles, flying discs, rifled b... Wikipedia
