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radian per second

radian per second

SI coherent derived unit whose name and symbol includes an SI coherent derived unit with a special name and symbol
Name Symbol Quantity Base units
radian per second rad/s angular velocity s−1
The radian per second, symbol rad/s, is the SI coherent derived unit of angular velocity.
Definition ΔνCs
1 \mspace{4mu} \text{rad} / \text{s} \mspace{6mu} = \dfrac{1}{(9 \mspace{4mu} 192 \mspace{4mu} 631 \mspace{4mu} 770)} \mspace{6mu} \Delta \nu _{Cs}\\ \\ \\ 1 \mspace{4mu} \text{rad} / \text{s} \mspace{6mu} \approx 1.087 \mspace{4mu} 827 \mspace{4mu} 757 \mspace{4mu} 077 \mspace{4mu} 666 \mspace{4mu} 563 \times10^{-10} \mspace{6mu} \Delta \nu _{Cs}

A wheel of radius one metre, rolling along a surface with an angular velocity of one radian per second, travels at a speed of one metre per second.

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