What is the similarity between rectilinear and curvilinear motion
- Rectilinear motion means motion along a straight line. This is a useful topic to study for learning how to describe the movement of cars along a straight road or of trains along straight railway tracks.
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An object moving in a curved path is called curvilinear motion. Example:A stone thrown into the air at an angle. Curvilinear motion describes the motion of a moving particle that conforms to a known or fixed curve. The study of such motion involves the use of two such co-ordinate systems with the first being planar motion and the latter being cylindrical motion.
