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  2. Relative velocity - Wikipedia

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    is the velocity of the Man relative to the Train, v T ∣ E {\displaystyle \mathbf {v} _{T\mid E}} is the velocity of the T rain relative to E arth. Fully legitimate expressions for "the velocity of A relative to B" include "the velocity of A with respect to B" and "the velocity of A in the coordinate system where B is always at rest".

  3. Center-of-momentum frame - Wikipedia

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    In relativity, the COM frame exists for an isolated massive system.This is a consequence of Noether's theorem.In the COM frame the total energy of the system is the rest energy, and this quantity (when divided by the factor c 2, where c is the speed of light) gives the invariant mass of the system:

  4. Rotating reference frame - Wikipedia

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    In classical mechanics, the Euler acceleration (named for Leonhard Euler), also known as azimuthal acceleration [8] or transverse acceleration [9] is an acceleration that appears when a non-uniformly rotating reference frame is used for analysis of motion and there is variation in the angular velocity of the reference frame's axis. This article ...

  5. Inertial frame of reference - Wikipedia

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    where r 0 and t 0 represent shifts in the origin of space and time, and v is the relative velocity of the two inertial reference frames. Under Galilean transformations, the time t 2 − t 1 between two events is the same for all reference frames and the distance between two simultaneous events (or, equivalently, the length of any object, | r 2 ...

  6. Drag (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Drag forces tend to decrease fluid velocity relative to the solid object in the fluid's path. Unlike other resistive forces, drag force depends on velocity. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Drag force is proportional to the relative velocity for low-speed flow and is proportional to the velocity squared for high-speed flow.

  7. Equations of motion - Wikipedia

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    Trajectory of a particle with initial position vector r 0 and velocity v 0, subject to constant acceleration a, all three quantities in any direction, and the position r(t) and velocity v(t) after time t. The initial position, initial velocity, and acceleration vectors need not be collinear, and the equations of motion take an almost identical ...

  8. Spacetime diagram - Wikipedia

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    Instead, the relative velocity β = ⁠ v / c ⁠ between and ′ can directly be used in the following construction, providing the same result: [15] If φ is the angle between the axes of ct′ and ct (or between x and x′), and θ between the axes of x′ and ct′, it is given: [15] [16] [17] [18]

  9. Lorentz transformation - Wikipedia

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    Denote either entity by X. Then X moves with velocity u relative to F, or equivalently with velocity u′ relative to F′, in turn F′ moves with velocity v relative to F. The inverse transformations can be obtained in a similar way, or as with position coordinates exchange u and u′, and change v to −v.