Rotational motion - vocab

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moment of inertia

The resistence to a change of rotational motion, depending on the distribution of mass around a chosen axis of rotation.

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A moment

the turning effect of a force around a particular point

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torque

a measure of the force that can cause an object to rotate about an axi

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pivot

a fixed point about which a body can rotate

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you can only calculate a torque when it is

perpindicular to the force and distance from the axis