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  2. Velocity - Wikipedia

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    Velocity is the speed in combination with the direction of motion of an object. Velocity is a fundamental concept in kinematics, the branch of classical mechanics that describes the motion of bodies. Velocity is a physical vector quantity: both magnitude and direction are needed to define it.

  3. 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".

  4. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Newton's laws are often stated in terms of point or particle masses, that is, bodies whose volume is negligible. This is a reasonable approximation for real bodies when the motion of internal parts can be neglected, and when the separation between bodies is much larger than the size of each.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Force - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, any object traveling at a constant velocity must be subject to zero net force (resultant force). This is the definition of dynamic equilibrium: when all the forces on an object balance but it still moves at a constant velocity. A simple case of dynamic equilibrium occurs in constant velocity motion across a surface with kinetic ...

  7. Resultant - Wikipedia

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    Their resultant is defined as the element of k obtained by replacing in the generic resultant the indeterminate coefficients by the actual coefficients of the . The main property of the resultant is that it is zero if and only if P 1 , … , P n {\displaystyle P_{1},\ldots ,P_{n}} have a nonzero common zero in an algebraically closed extension ...

  8. Euler's equations (rigid body dynamics) - Wikipedia

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    where M k are the components of the applied torques, I k are the principal moments of inertia and ω k are the components of the angular velocity. In the absence of applied torques, one obtains the Euler top. When the torques are due to gravity, there are special cases when the motion of the top is integrable.

  9. Euclidean vector - Wikipedia

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    The velocity v of a point or particle is a vector, its length gives the speed. For constant velocity the position at time t will be = +, where x 0 is the position at time t = 0. Velocity is the time derivative of position. Its dimensions are length/time.