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Recent Examples on the Web Think back to the vaguely familiar high school science terms of centripetal force and angular momentum. — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, "Hurricane Delta bears striking resemblance to Wilma, the Atlantic's most intense hurricane on record," 8 Oct. 2020 Finally, the angular momentum is too great for the star's gravity to attract the matter in any closer. — Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, "Astronomers Spy Dusty "Traffic Jam" in Young Star System," 14 Feb. 2017 If the atom were to start rotating, then something else has to provide the angular momentum. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Atoms spin backward while flying along a surface," 23 Sep. 2019 In the quantum world, this can only happen if electrons or photons carry away or deliver some angular momentum. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Atoms spin backward while flying along a surface," 23 Sep. 2019 The puck rockets toward the goal as the player converts angular momentum (stick and torso swing) to linear momentum (the puck traveling a straight course for the goal). — Anchorage Daily News, "The physics of slapshots and mid-ice collisions," 8 Feb. 2020 These particles’ lack of angular momentum means that fewer symmetries restrict their interactions. — Quanta Magazine, "Why the Laws of Physics Are Inevitable," 9 Dec. 2019 Their impressive degree of stability is enforced by the approximate conservation of energy and angular momentum. — Frank Wilczek, Scientific American, "The Exquisite Precision of Time Crystals," 16 Oct. 2019 It might be described with just its mass, angular momentum and charge. — Quanta Magazine, "Are We All Wrong About Black Holes?," 10 Sep. 2019

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“Angular momentum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angular%20momentum. Accessed 22 Jan. 2021.