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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Articles with short description, Rigid bodies
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Poinsot's ellipsoid  Inertia ellipsoid  Poinsot construction  Poinsot's central axis  Poinsot's construction  tumbling
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In classical mechanics, Poinsot's construction is a geometrical method for visualizing the torque-free motion of a rotating rigid body, that is, the motion of a rigid body on which no external forces are acting. Wikipedia
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In classical mechanics, Poinsot's construction is a geometrical method for visualizing the torque-free motion of a rotating rigid body, that is, the motion of a rigid body on which no external forces are acting. Wikipedia
geometric method for visualizing a rotating rigid body Wikidata
IS A
ellipsoid
movement
NAMED AFTER
Louis Poinsot
STUDIED BY
rigid body dynamics
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Poinsot's ellipsoid
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Inertia ellipsoid, Poinsot's ellipsoid
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inertia ellipsoid, Poinsot's central axis, Poinsot's construction, Poinsot's method, Poinsot's theorem, Poinsot construction, Poinsot Construction, Poinsot ellipsoid, Poinsot motion, tumbling (rigid body)
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Poinsot's construction

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