Angular acceleration refers to the rate at which the angular velocity of an object changes with time. It is a vector quantity, meaning it has both a magnitude and a direction. Angular acceleration is usually denoted by the Greek letter alpha (α).
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Angular acceleration is the time derivative of angular velocity, . For rotation about a fixed axis, its signed scalar component obeys when the axial moment of inertia is constant and is the total applied torque about that axis.