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  2. 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 ...

  3. Circular motion - Wikipedia

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    Examples of circular motion include: special satellite orbits around the Earth (circular orbits), a ceiling fan's blades rotating around a hub, a stone that is tied to a rope and is being swung in circles, a car turning through a curve in a race track, an electron moving perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field, and a gear turning inside a ...

  4. Circular orbit - Wikipedia

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    A circular orbit is depicted in the top-left quadrant of this diagram, where the gravitational potential well of the central mass shows potential energy, and the kinetic energy of the orbital speed is shown in red. The height of the kinetic energy remains constant throughout the constant speed circular orbit.

  5. Centrifugal force - Wikipedia

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    For example, in an Earth-bound reference system (where the earth is represented as stationary), the fictitious force (the net of Coriolis and centrifugal forces) is enormous and is responsible for the Sun orbiting around the Earth. This is due to the large mass and velocity of the Sun (relative to the Earth).

  6. Centripetal force - Wikipedia

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    One common example involving centripetal force is the case in which a body moves with uniform speed along a circular path. The centripetal force is directed at right angles to the motion and also along the radius towards the centre of the circular path. [3] [4] The mathematical description was derived in 1659 by the Dutch physicist Christiaan ...

  7. Dubins path - Wikipedia

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    The Dubins' path gives the shortest path joining two oriented points that is feasible for the wheeled-robot model. The optimal path type can be described using an analogy with cars of making a 'right turn (R)', 'left turn (L)' or driving 'straight (S).' An optimal path will always be at least one of the six types: RSR, RSL, LSR, LSL, RLR, LRL.

  8. C mathematical functions - Wikipedia

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    C mathematical operations are a group of functions in the standard library of the C programming language implementing basic mathematical functions. [1] [2] All functions use floating-point numbers in one manner or another. Different C standards provide different, albeit backwards-compatible, sets of functions.

  9. Cycle graph - Wikipedia

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    C n Table of graphs and parameters In graph theory , a cycle graph or circular graph is a graph that consists of a single cycle , or in other words, some number of vertices (at least 3, if the graph is simple ) connected in a closed chain.