Search results for "Circular motion" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • In 1929, psychologist J. P. Gilford noticed the paradoxical motion ... rather than spin. Perception of motion is biased in the direction ...
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  • The centripetal force in uniform circular motion, for example, does zero ... always zero (as is the case in circular motion). The possibility of ...
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  • in which a disembodied perception of motion is produced by a succession ... Experimental Studies on the Perception of Motion. This discovery so intrigued ...
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  • A vortex (plural vortices) is a rapidly spinning, circular or spiral flow of fluid around a central axis. The swirling motion tends to suck everything ...
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  • and epicycles, to explain the apparent motion of the planets and the varying ... -that are obtained by cutting an oblique circular cone. (An oblique circular ...
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  • An object traveling in a uniform circular motion at a constant speed ... direction with the velocity, we get a circular motion. For this centripetal ...
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  • ===Circular motion=== During his stay at the court of Louis XIV, Huygens ... mathematical presentation of uniform circular motion, his solution to the ...
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  • of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of ... clearly attempting to depict a sense of motion. One of the earliest ...
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  • (compare this with equation (14) in circular motion). This corresponds to ... These derivations use calculus, Newton's laws of motion and Newton ...
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  • his results in his three laws of planetary motion based on Tycho Brahe's ... analysis, because the object's motion can be described as the sum ...
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  • (c. 515-c.450 B.C.E.) had held that motion is an illusion and that existence ... tortoise so long as the tortoise remains in motion. *The relativity ...
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  • gear to rotate. In this manner, rotational motion can be transferred from one ... driven by a small steam engine, into circular motion using a 'planet ...
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  • can also be described in terms of wave motion. Sound involves mechanical ... Waves can be represented by simple harmonic motion.]] == Examples == ...
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  • oscillations may be periodic, such as the motion of a pendulum, or random ... Forced vibration is when an alternating force or motion is applied ...
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  • investigates the first cause of the first motion of the universe (Taub 1993). ... that the most perfect motion was circular motion. It would not occur ...
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  • the planets move in elliptical—not circular—orbits. Kepler incorporated ... At first, Tycho assigned Kepler to study the motion of Mars—a seemingly ...
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  • of the first and second laws of motion. He is best remembered for ... incorporated into Newton's laws of motion (as the first law). ...
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  • to be perfect spheres moving in perfectly circular orbits. By contrast, the ... such as Kepler's laws of planetary motion, discovered at the start ...
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  • and bulgyo (Buddhism), means literally Circular Buddhism, or Consummate ... the full oneness of spirit and body in motion and rest. ...
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  • I should seem to myself to be initiating a grasping motion, then in all probability the sensation of contacting a doorknob should follow." Of course ...
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  • of negligible mass, in an unperturbed circular orbit, would have an orbital ... and Kepler's laws of planetary motion. The value of the AU was ...
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  • of mass of a system, one can analyze the motion of the entire system as distinguished ... triangle, a hemisphere, and a frustum of a circular paraboloid. ...
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  • of acceleration resembles that for circular motion at radius rB, while ... circle. Analysis and observation of circular motion in the rotating frame ...
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  • beat with a change from downward to upward motion. The images to the right ... " may be indicated by a circular motion, the closing of the ...
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  • highly turbulent due to the fan blade motion, and so is not directly useful ... section of a wind tunnel is typically circular rather than square, because ...
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  • found rhythmic waves and vibrations from circular motions of particles in ... God as static and immutable beyond any motion. Nevertheless, a careful ...
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  • in the same time. This is the diurnal motion. Therefore stars will rise ... as David's stone continued its circular motion around David's ...
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  • generated by the intersection of a right circular conical surface and a plane ... is the trajectory of a particle or body in motion under the influence of a ...
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  • Mercury, probably for its fast apparent motion in the twilight sky. The ... (spin axis direction changes in a circular motion). When it was discovered ...
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  • quantitative and accurate models for the motion of the Sun and Moon, making ... ==== Motion of the Moon ==== Hipparchus studied the motion of the Moon ...
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  • electrically charged particles are in motion—such as the movement of ... in the object. If a wire is bent into a circular loop and current flows through ...
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  • If one thinks of the ocean as a circular basin enclosed by a coastline ... about the Earth's rotational effects on motion. Euler realized ...
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  • the entertainment industry at that time: motion pictures, television, audio ... Moon are uniquely shaped: Four identical circular moons, each bearing the ...
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  • in a magnetic field will follow a circular path. In the cyclotron, ... obeying Newton's Laws of Motion. If the particles become ...
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  • Newton stated the three universal laws of motion that were not to be improved ... gravitational field), and thence that a circular series of such arches makes ...
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  • * long, narrow naves are replaced by broader, occasionally circular forms ... David is twisting vigorously, as he is in motion to release the stone: "The ...
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  • offensive move against him. Its circular movements, speed, and grace ... throws, and distinctively evasive circular footwork. Baguazhang is ...
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  • Such a form of argument, however, was circular—each argument relied on ... entirely in terms of extension and motion. Such a view, Arnauld objected ...
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  • the Sun than Neptune, which has a nearly circular orbit. As a result, for ... yearly retrograde cycle, Neptune's motion was far too slight to be ...
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  • (22240 miles). Also known as an intermediate circular orbit. ... * Circular orbit: An orbit that has an eccentricity of 0 and whose ...
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  • plane of the ecliptic, and have nearly circular orbits. In contrast, Pluto ... of the system. They have nearly circular prograde orbits in the same ...
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  • sound when the membrane or head is put into motion." ... not consider an anvil, a brake drum (the circular hub on modern vehicles which ...
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  • Radars use horizontal, vertical, and circular polarization to detect different ... sea clutter, while rain is reduced with circular polarization (note that ...
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  • are small, "bottle-cap" shaped circular saws, while the tentacles ... hyponome, created by a fold in the mantle. Motion of squids is usually backward ...
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  • radius circular motion each year. Thus, the true equator moves slightly. This, however, is only important for detailed scientific studies. The ...
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  • on the grounds that planets confined their motion to the circle of the zodiac ... of the planets would also describe the motion of other bodies. He thought ...
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  • example, the trajectories of the Brownian motion in the plane have a Hausdorff ... for example, trajectories of the Brownian motion, Lévy flight, fractal landscapes ...
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  • the wings themselves are moved in a circular motion. The helicopter's ... more drag or resistance to the forward motion. In a fixed wing aircraft ...
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  • of impiety for "putting the Earth in motion." ... anomalies, such as the apparent retrograde motion of many planets, a system ...
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  • Aristotle first suggested a reciprocal or circular causality as a relation ... in air. The heavenly element has perpetual circular motion. ...
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