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           | Description | 
           Diagram of a particle at radius vector r with velocity V showing the radial and tangential components of the velocity, the angle of the radius vector with respect to the x axis and the angle of the velocity vector with respect to the radius vector. | 
          
          
           | Date | 
           20 January 2007 | 
          
          
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           | Author | 
           User:PAR | 
          
         
         
        
         
          
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