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(That is, you bring its mass closer to the point of rotation.) To compensate and keep angular momentum constant, the washer's angular velocity has to increase.

I am referring to this point as "o". L is the angular momentum and ω is the angular velocity. The I is called the moment of inertia, but I prefer to call it "rotational mass".

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