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A quibble on this statement, Carl. Rotational energy is definitely
not internal. Just as translational kinetic energy is not internal,
because it is a BULK motion, so is rotational kinetic energy.
Internal energies must involve motion of constituents relative to. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
other constituents, and can never involve common motion of the bulk
body, as both translational and rotational motions do.