Re: Conservation of angular momentum


"Greg Neill" <gneillREM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: "Peter" <Poakfield@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: > Velocity is a true vector. The direction of the tangential velocity of
: > an object in circular motion changes continuously. Angular velocity is
: > an oxymoron.
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: Bull***. Tangential velocity is instantaneous velocity
: of the object, which is no more mysterious for an orbiting
: body than it is for an inertially moving one, or for a
: car traveling a twisty road.
:
: You do not seem to know what "oxymoron" means, either.
: Angular velocity has a very clear definition. As a defined
: quantity it's not something you can object to except perhaps
: on some personal aesthetic principle that is wholly irrelevant
: to the mathematics and physics.
:
He's been ranting for days, obviously enjoying the attention.
I'm out of this thread.



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