Physics A-Level
Angular frequency and its units
What Angular frequency and its units means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Angular frequency and its units
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A quantity with units of rad s⁻¹ that must be checked before substituting into the velocity equation.
Topics that use Angular frequency and its units
- Simple harmonic oscillations (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Amplitude
- Angular frequency
- Defining equation of simple harmonic motion
- Displacement
- Energy and motion at equilibrium and maximum displacement
- Gradient as a graphical derivative
- Period
- Period and frequency relationships
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