radius of gyration
Mathematics and Engineering
noun
A distance such that if all the mass of a rotating body were at this distance from the axis of rotation, the moment of inertia of the body would be the same; (equivalently) the square root of the ratio of the moment of inertia of a body to its mass.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
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