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*Represents the change in position of an [[object]] along a circular path.
*As the quantity has direction it may be positive or negative, but once decided that clockwise or anti-clockwise is positive the other should be negative.
*[[Angular Displacement|Angular displacement]] can be calculated using the arc length divided by the radius.
*It is a vector quantity, having both magnitude and direction.
*[[Angular Displacement|Angular displacement]] is an essential parameter in rotational kinematics.*It [[Angular Displacement|Angular displacement]] is used in calculating other rotational quantities like [[Angular Velocity|angular velocity]] and [[angular acceleration]].
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