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  2. Straight-line mechanism - Wikipedia

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    A straight-line mechanism is a mechanism that converts any type of rotary or angular motion to perfect or near-perfect straight-line motion, or vice versa. Straight-line motion is linear motion of definite length or "stroke", every forward stroke being followed by a return stroke, giving reciprocating motion. The first such mechanism, patented ...

  3. Circular motion - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In physics, circular motion is a movement of an object along the circumference of a circle or rotation along a circular arc. It can be uniform, with a constant rate of rotation and constant tangential speed, or non-uniform with a changing rate of rotation. The rotation around a fixed axis of a three-dimensional body involves the circular ...

  4. Radial velocity - Wikipedia

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    The radial velocity or line-of-sight velocity of a target with respect to an observer is the rate of change of the vector displacement between the two points. It is formulated as the vector projection of the target-observer relative velocity onto the relative direction or line-of-sight (LOS) connecting the two points.

  5. Frenet–Serret formulas - Wikipedia

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    The T and N vectors at two points on a plane curve, a translated version of the second frame (dotted), and the change in T: δT'. δs is the distance between the points. In the limit d T d s {\displaystyle {\tfrac {d\mathbf {T} }{ds}}} will be in the direction N and the curvature describes the speed of rotation of the frame.

  6. Curve fitting - Wikipedia

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    For linear-algebraic analysis of data, "fitting" usually means trying to find the curve that minimizes the vertical (y -axis) displacement of a point from the curve (e.g., ordinary least squares). However, for graphical and image applications, geometric fitting seeks to provide the best visual fit; which usually means trying to minimize the ...

  7. Tangential speed - Wikipedia

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    Tangential speed is the speed of an object undergoing circular motion, i.e., moving along a circular path. [1] A point on the outside edge of a merry-go-round or turntable travels a greater distance in one complete rotation than a point nearer the center. Travelling a greater distance in the same time means a greater speed, and so linear speed ...

  8. Peaucellier–Lipkin linkage - Wikipedia

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    Thus, by the properties of inversive geometry, since the figure traced by point D is the inverse of the figure traced by point B, if B traces a circle passing through the center of inversion O, then D is constrained to trace a straight line. But if B traces a straight line not passing through O, then D must trace an arc of a circle passing ...

  9. Parametric equation - Wikipedia

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    Parametric equation. The butterfly curve can be defined by parametric equations of x and y. In mathematics, a parametric equation defines a group of quantities as functions of one or more independent variables called parameters. [ 1 ] Parametric equations are commonly used to express the coordinates of the points that make up a geometric object ...