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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/College_Physics/College_Physics_1e_(OpenStax)/10%3A_Rotational_Motion_and_Angular_Momentum/10.07%3A_Gyroscopic_Effects-_Vector_Aspects_of_Angular_Momentum
      The direction of angular velocity ω size and angular momentum L are defined to be the direction in which the thumb of your right hand points when you curl your fingers in the direction of...The direction of angular velocity ω size and angular momentum L are defined to be the direction in which the thumb of your right hand points when you curl your fingers in the direction of the disk’s rotation as shown. This torque creates a change in angular momentum L in the same direction, perpendicular to the original angular momentum L, thus changing the direction of L but not the magnitude of L.

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