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- noun Plural form of
radian . The angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of the circle of the same length as the circle's radius.
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Examples
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But the factor is only – 1 when we express angles in radians, right?
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They took a good beating for using degrees rather than radians (Do economists even know of radians?) and therefore the land use to measured temperature concept was considered discredited.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Awesome Analysis of Urban Biases on Surface Temperature Records 2009
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The relationship thus has nothing to do with how we measure angles (except inasmuch as it serves as yet another example of the superiority of radians).
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But the factor is only –1 when we express angles in radians, right?
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The relationship thus has nothing to do with how we measure angles except inasmuch as it serves as yet another example of the superiority of radians.
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It is fairly close to a logarithmic spiral within the first 4 pi radians of revolution.
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In 2003, Michaels famously “proved” that global warming was mostly hype by mixing up degrees and radians.
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Western civilization is encumbered by circles divided into degrees--and despite or maybe because of a handy-dandy button on your calculator that flips radians into degrees, folks venturing into physics and engineering need a smattering of understanding of how degrees work.
Archive 2008-08-01 doyle 2008
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Hours and minutes and seconds plunges us into radians.
Archive 2008-08-01 doyle 2008
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– In 2003, Michaels famously “proved” that global warming was mostly hype by mixing up degrees and radians.
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