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Define Angular velocity and Angular acceleration?

The area swept by the radius vector from its intial position to final position is called angular displacement.The rate of change of angular displacement is called angular velocity. The rate of change of angular velocity is called angular acceleration.

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The area swept by the radius vector from its initial position to the final position is called angular displacement. The rate of change of angular displacement is called Angular velocity. The rate of cahnge of angular velocity is called Angular acceleration.

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Angular velocity of a body is the rate of change of angular displacement over a period of time. It is measured in radian per second, rad/s.

The rate of change of the angular velocity is known as the angular acceleration.

It is denoted α (read as alpha).

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