ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Angular speed

Okay kiddo, let me explain angular speed to you like you're 5 years old. Imagine you are spinning around in circles on a playground carousel. The speed at which you are spinning is your angular speed.

Now, let's say you're spinning slowly at first. As you push yourself faster and faster, your angular speed increases. The faster you spin, the higher your angular speed becomes.

Angular speed is how fast something is rotating around a central point or axis. It's like the speed of a clock hand moving around its center. The movement is circular, but still has a speed just like going straight ahead.

When we measure angular speed, we use units called radians per second. A radian is a measure of how much you've rotated. So if you turn halfway around in a circle, you've gone π (pi) radians. Pi is like a special number that we use in math to help us calculate things like this.

So, in conclusion, angular speed is like how fast something is spinning in a circle. We measure it in radians per second, which is like counting how much of a circle has been completed in one second.