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  2. Angular displacement - Wikipedia

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    The angular displacement (symbol θ, ϑ, or φ) – also called angle of rotation, rotational displacement, or rotary displacement – of a physical body is the angle (in units of radians, degrees, turns, etc.) through which the body rotates (revolves or spins) around a centre or axis of rotation.

  3. Angular distance - Wikipedia

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    Angular distance appears in mathematics (in particular geometry and trigonometry) and all natural sciences (e.g., kinematics, astronomy, and geophysics). In the classical mechanics of rotating objects, it appears alongside angular velocity, angular acceleration, angular momentum, moment of inertia and torque.

  4. Position (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Its length represents the distance in relation to an arbitrary reference origin O, and its direction represents the angular orientation with respect to given reference axes. Usually denoted x, r, or s, it corresponds to the straight line segment from O to P. In other words, it is the displacement or translation that maps the origin to P: [1]

  5. Range of motion - Wikipedia

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    Range of motion (or ROM) is the linear or angular distance that a moving object may normally travel while properly attached to another.. In biomechanics and strength training, ROM refers to the angular distance and direction a joint can move between the flexed position and the extended position. [1]

  6. Study of animal locomotion - Wikipedia

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    Upstroke amplitude: angular distance through which the wings travel during an upstroke. Downstroke amplitude: angular distance through which the wings travel during a downstroke. Stroke duration: time elapsed between the onset of two consecutive upstrokes. Wingbeat frequency: inverse of stroke duration. The number of wingbeats per second.

  7. Angular velocity - Wikipedia

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    The angular velocity of the particle at P with respect to the origin O is determined by the perpendicular component of the velocity vector v.. In the simplest case of circular motion at radius , with position given by the angular displacement () from the x-axis, the orbital angular velocity is the rate of change of angle with respect to time: =.

  8. Rigid body - Wikipedia

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    the angular position (also known as orientation, or attitude) of the body. Thus, the position of a rigid body has two components: linear and angular, respectively. [3] The same is true for other kinematic and kinetic quantities describing the motion of a rigid body, such as linear and angular velocity, acceleration, momentum, impulse, and ...

  9. Deformation (physics) - Wikipedia

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    In physics and continuum mechanics, deformation is the change in the shape or size of an object. It has dimension of length with SI unit of metre (m). It is quantified as the residual displacement of particles in a non-rigid body, from an initial configuration to a final configuration, excluding the body's average translation and rotation (its rigid transformation). [1]