36: Rotational Motion
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We can describe the rotation of a solid body about an axis in a manner similar to the way we describe linear motion.
First, instead of the giving position of the body along an axis, we specify its rotation angle θ relative to an agreed-upon zero rotation angle. Then we define an angular velocity ω in a way similar to the definition of linear velocity:
ω=dθdt
We also define an angular acceleration α that's analogous to linear acceleration:
α=dωdt=d2θdt2