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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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    Solving applications dealing with non-uniform circular motion involves force analysis. With a uniform circular motion, the only force acting upon an object traveling in a circle is the centripetal force. In a non-uniform circular motion, there are additional forces acting on the object due to a non-zero tangential acceleration.

  4. 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.

  5. Centrifugal force - Wikipedia

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    In the inertial frame of reference (upper part of the picture), the black ball moves in a straight line. However, the observer (brown dot) who is standing in the rotating/non-inertial frame of reference (lower part of the picture) sees the object as following a curved path due to the Coriolis and centrifugal forces present in this frame.

  6. Slerp - Wikipedia

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    A slerp path is, in fact, the spherical geometry equivalent of a path along a line segment in the plane; a great circle is a spherical geodesic. Oblique vector rectifies to slerp factor. More familiar than the general slerp formula is the case when the end vectors are perpendicular, in which case the formula is p 0 cos θ + p 1 sin θ.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Euler spiral - Wikipedia

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    Animation depicting evolution of a Cornu spiral with the tangential circle with the same radius of curvature as at its tip, also known as an osculating circle.. To travel along a circular path, an object needs to be subject to a centripetal acceleration (for example: the Moon circles around the Earth because of gravity; a car turns its front wheels inward to generate a centripetal force).

  9. Circular orbit - Wikipedia

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    The formula is dimensionless, describing a ratio true for all units of measure applied uniformly across the formula. If the numerical value a {\displaystyle \mathbf {a} } is measured in meters per second squared, then the numerical values v {\displaystyle v\,} will be in meters per second, r {\displaystyle r\,} in meters, and ω {\displaystyle ...