Angular Acceleration - Mathematical Definition

Mathematical Definition

The angular acceleration can be defined as either:

, or
,

where is the angular velocity, is the linear tangential acceleration, and r(usually defined as the radius of the circular path of which a point moving along) is the distance from the origin of the coordinate system that defines and to the point of interest.

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