Physics terms meaning and definition

 

 

Physics terms meaning and definition

 

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Physics terms meaning and definition

 

  • absolute zero of temperature
  • absorbed dose D
  • acceleration a
  • accuracy
  • acoustic impedance Z
  • active solar heater solar panel
  • activity a
  • adiabatic
  • albedo
  • alpha particle
  • amplitude
  • analog
  • analyzer
  • angular magnification
  • antinode
  • artificial induced transmutation
  • a-scan
  • attenuation
  • attenuation coefficient
  • avogadro constant Na
  • bainbridge mass spectrometer
  • balanced risk
  • beta negative particle
  • beta positive particle
  • binary number
  • binding energy
  • binding energy per nucleon
  • biological half-life TB
  • bit
  • black-body radiation
  • boiling
  • brewster’s law
  • b-scan
  • bumps and pits
  • byte
  • capacitance C
  • chain reaction
  • change in gravitational potential energy
  • charge-coupled device ccd
  • chromatic aberration
  • coherent
  • compression
  • computed tomography Ct scan
  • conductor
  • constructive interference
  • control rods
  • controlled nuclear fission
  • coulomb interaction coulomb force, electrostatic force
  • coulomb’s law
  • crest
  • critical damping
  • critical mass
  • damping
  • davisson-germer experiment
  • de broglie hypothesis
  • decay constant
  • decimal number
  • degraded energy
  • derived units
  • destructive interference
  • diffraction
  • digital
  • dioptre
  • direction of a magnetic field
  • dispersion
  • displacement for waves
  • displacement S
  • doppler effect
  • dose equivalent H
  • effective half-life TE
  • efficiency Eff
  • elastic collision
  • electric current I
  • electric field strength E
  • electric potential V
  • electric potential difference
  • electric potential energy
  • electromotive force emf
  • electron in a box model
  • electronvolt eV
  • emissivity
  • endoscope
  • energy density of a fuel
  • enhanced anthropogenic greenhouse effect
  • entropy
  • equipotential surface
  • escape speed
  • evaporation
  • exposure X
  • far point
  • faraday’s law
  • field field of force
  • first law of thermodynamics
  • focal length
  • focal point
  • forced oscillations
  • fossil fuels
  • frequency f
  • fuel
  • fuel enrichment
  • fundamental first harmonic
  • fundamental units
  • geiger-marsden experiment
  • global warming
  • gravitational field strength g
  • gravitational potential V
  • gravitational potential energy Ep
  • greenhouse effect
  • half-value thickness x1/2
  • heat exchanger
  • heisenberg uncertainty principle
  • ideal ammeter
  • ideal gas
  • ideal voltmeter
  • impedance matching
  • impulse J
  • inelastic collision
  • inner ear especially cochlea
  • insulator
  • intensity I
  • intergovernmental panel on climate change Ipcc
  • internal energy of a substance U
  • internal resistance r
  • isobaric
  • isochoric isovolumetric
  • isothermal
  • isotope
  • kelvin scale of temperature
  • kepler’s third law
  • kinetic energy Ek
  • kyoto protocol
  • law of conservation of electric charge
  • law of conservation of linear momentum
  • law of reflection
  • least-significant bit LSB
  • lenz’s law
  • light-dependent resistor LDR
  • linear magnification
  • linear momentum p
  • longitudinal wave
  • loudness
  • magnetic flux
  • magnetic flux linkage
  • magnification
  • magnitude of a magnetic field
  • malus’ law
  • mass defect
  • matter waves
  • middle ear
  • millikan’s stopping potential experiment
  • moderator
  • molar mass
  • mole
  • most-significant bit MSB
  • natural frequency of vibration
  • near point
  • negative temperature coefficient NTC thermistor
  • neutron number N
  • newton’s first law of motion
  • newton’s second law of motion
  • newton’s third law of motion
  • newton’s universal law of gravitation
  • node
  • non-ohmic device
  • non-renewable energy source
  • nuclear fission
  • nuclear fusion
  • nuclear magnetic resonance NMR imaging
  • nucleon
  • nucleon number
  • nuclide
  • ohm’s law
  • ohmic device
  • optically active substance
  • oscillating water column OWC ocea
  • ossicles
  • outer ear
  • path difference
  • period T
  • phase difference
  • photoelectric effect
  • photon
  • photovoltaic cell solar cell, photocell
  • physical half-life
  • piezoelectric crystals
  • pixel
  • polarized light
  • polarizer
  • potential divider
  • power P
  • power of a converging lens
  • precision
  • pressure P
  • principal axis
  • principle of conservation of energy
  • principle of superposition
  • proton number atomic number Z
  • pulse oximetry
  • quantum efficiency of a pixel
  • radial field
  • radiation dosimetry
  • radioactive decay
  • radioactive decay law
  • radioactive half-life T1/2
  • random uncertainty
  • rarefaction
  • ray
  • rayleigh criterion
  • real gas
  • real image
  • refractive index N
  • relative biological effectiveness Rbe
  • renewable energy source
  • resistance R
  • resistor
  • resolution
  • resonance
  • root mean square Rms
  • sankey diagram
  • scalar
  • schrödinger model of the atom
  • second law of thermodynamics
  • selective frequency loss
  • simple harmonic motion SHM
  • snell’s law
  • sound intensity
  • sound intensity level
  • specific heat capacity c
  • specific latent heat L
  • speed u,v
  • spherical aberration
  • standing stationary wave
  • stefan-boltzmann law
  • strain gauge
  • surface heat capacity CS
  • systematic error
  • temperature T
  • thermal capacity C
  • thermal energy heat Q
  • thermal equilibrium
  • threshold frequency f0
  • tinnitus
  • translational equilibrium
  • transverse wave
  • traveling wave progressive wave, continuous wave
  • trough
  • tympanic membrane
  • ultrasound scan
  • uncontrolled nuclear fission
  • unified atomic mass unit
  • vector
  • velocity u,v
  • virtual image
  • wave pulse
  • wave speed v
  • wavefront
  • wavelength
  • wave-particle dualit
  • weightlessness in deep space
  • weightlessness in free-fall
  • weightlessness in orbital motion
  • work w
  • work function

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