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critical equatorial velocity
subject			fact

critical equatorial velocity	has definition In rotating early-type stars, that velocity at which the ratio of centrifugal force to gravity at the equator is unity.
	is a kind of equatorial velocity
velocity	has base unit length per unit time
quantity	has unit
number	has value