angular momentum

measure of the extent to which an object will continue to rotate in the absence of an applied torque
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angular momentum

Summary

angular momentum is a generator[1]. It draws 1,174 Wikipedia views per month (generator category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • angular momentum's image is recorded as Angular momentum circle.png[3].
  • angular momentum's image is recorded as Cup of Russia 2010 - Yuko Kawaguti (2).jpg[4].
  • angular momentum's instance of is recorded as generator[5].
  • angular momentum's instance of is recorded as physics term[6].
  • angular momentum's GND ID is recorded as 4150572-4[7].
  • angular momentum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85005144[8].
  • angular momentum's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119820349[9].
  • angular momentum's subclass of is recorded as physical quantity[10].
  • angular momentum's subclass of is recorded as moment[11].
  • angular momentum's subclass of is recorded as vector quantity[12].
  • angular momentum's subclass of is recorded as pseudovector[13].
  • angular momentum's Commons category is recorded as Angular momentum[14].
  • angular momentum's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 13013[15].
  • angular momentum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011mb[16].
  • angular momentum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Angular momentum[17].
  • angular momentum's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 539.725[18].
  • angular momentum's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0234967[19].
  • angular momentum's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-4:2006 Quantities and units—Part 4: Mechanics[20].
  • angular momentum's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-4:2019 Quantities and units — Part 4: Mechanics[21].
  • angular momentum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/angular-momentum[22].
  • angular momentum's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/angular-momentum[23].
  • angular momentum's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/angular-momentum[24].
  • angular momentum's defining formula is recorded as \boldsymbol{L} = \boldsymbol{r} \times \boldsymbol{p}[25].
  • angular momentum's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as spin[26].
  • angular momentum's Quora topic ID is recorded as Angular-Momentum-physics[27].

Why It Matters

angular momentum draws 1,174 Wikipedia views per month (generator category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . ISO 80000-4:2006 Quantities and units—Part 4: Mechanics. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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