Index

a

absolute error
absolute zero
acceleration
acceleration due to gravity
action at a distance
action potential
alpha
alpha decay
alternating current
Ampere
amplitude
Angstroms
angular acceleration
angular frequency
angular momentum
angular momentum quantum number
angular position
angular velocity
anticyclic permutations
antimatter
applet
applet
applet
applet
approximation
Aristarchus
Astronomical Units
atomic mass
atomic mass units
atomic number
Avogadro's Number
axial field
axial symmetry

b

beat frequency
beta decay
binding energy
binomial expansion
black hole
blood convection
Bohr magneton
Bohr quantization condition
Bohr radius
Boltzmann's constant
boson
bottom quarks
bound particles
boundary conditions
Brahe, Tycho
buoyancy

c

canonical order
capacitance
capacitor
capacitors in parallel
capacitors in series
center of gravity
center of mass
centrifugal force
centripetal acceleration
centripetal force
cgs units
chain reaction
characteristic value
charge carriers
charge quantization
charge screening
charm quarks
classical limit
coefficient of kinetic friction
coefficient of static friction
coherent waves
combination
complementary angles
complete circuit
components
compression
Compton wavelength
computation of square roots
computation of squares
computation of trigonometric functions
concentration gradient
conduction
conductor
conservation of angular momentum
conservation of energy
conservation of momentum
conservative forces
conserved quantities
conserved quantity
constraint
constraint
constructive interference
convection
Coriolis force
correspondence principle
Coulomb force
Coulombs
cross product
current
current element
current loops
cycle
cyclic permutations
cylindrical coordinate system

d

de Broglie wavelength
decay branch
decay series
degeneracy
degrees of freedom
delta
destructive interference
detailed balance
deterministic processes
dielectric constant
diffraction
diffusion constant
diffusion current
dipole
direct current
dissipative forces
distance
down quarks
drag
drift speed
dynamics

e

eddies
efficiency
Einstein, Albert
elastic potential energy
elastic scattering
electrical conductivity
electrical permittivity
electrical potential
electrical potential energy
electric charge
electric field
electromagnetic field
electromotive force
electron field
electrons
electron Volt
electrophoresis
elementary particles
emissivity
empirical equations
endergonic reactions
energy density
energy level
energy levels
energy spectrum
entropic energy
entropy
epsilon
equilibrium
Equipartition Theorem
equipotentials
equipotential volume
Ergodic Principle
error propagation
eta
evaporation
event horizon
exchange symmetry
exergonic reaction
experimental noise
experimental uncertainty
extensibility
extrinsic state variable

f

factorial
Farad
fermion
field point
First Law of Thermodynamics
fission
flow rate
focal point
force
free energy
frequency
fundamental
fusion

g

g
Galileo
gamma decay
gauge bosons
General Relativity
gluon
gradient
gravitational force
gravitational mass
gravitational potential energy
gravitational potential field
ground
ground state
gyromagnetic ratio

h

half life
harmonics
Hartree approximation
Hawking Radiation
heat capacity
heat energy
helicity
Hertz
high pass filter
Hooke's Law
Huygens Principle
hydrostatic pressure
hysteresis

i

impedance
incandescence
index of refraction
inelastic scattering
inertia
inertial mass
infinite series
infrared radiation
initial conditions
insulator
intensity
intrinsic state variables
ionization energy
isomorphic
isotopes

j

Java Virtual Machine
Joule
JVM

k

Kelvin
Kepler, Johannes
kilogram
kinematics
kinetic energy
Kirchhoff's Laws

l

lambda
laminar flow
latent heat
lattice
length scale
lepton
lever arm
light cone
linear interpolation
linear waves
line of symmetry
longitudinal waves
Lorentz force

m

magnetic moment
magnetic permeability
magnetic potential energy
magnetic quantum number
magnification
mass
mass spectroscopy
mean free path
mechanics
membrane potential
metric prefixes
microwaves
mode of vibration
mol
moment of inertia
momentum
mu
myelin sheath

n

natural convection
negative charge
neutrino
neutron capture
neutrons
Newton
Newton, Isaac
Newtons Constant
Newtons Law
nodes of a wave
Nodes of Ranvier
nonlinear waves
normal
no slip condition
nuclear magnetic moment
nuclear magneton
nuclear spin
nuclei
nucleon number

o

Ohm
Ohms Law
omega
omega
origin
oscillation
overtones

p

parameters
Pascal
Pauli Exclusion Principle
perfectly elastic collisions
period
Periodic Table
perturbations
phase
phase angle
phase transition
phi
photons
pi
pivot
Planck energy
Planck length
Planck mass
Planck's Constant
Planck time
point particle approximation
Poise
Poiseuille's Equation
position
positive charge
positron
potential energy
potential fields
power
pressure
private climate
protons
pulsatile flow
pulsatile flow

q

quanta
Quantum Gravity
quantum numbers
quarks

r

radial acceleration
radial force
radians
radiation
radioactivity
random walk
rate of change
RC circuit
Re
reflection
refraction
relative error
relaxation time
resilience
resistance
resistivity
resistor
resistors in parallel
resistors in series
resolution
rest potential
Reynolds Number
rho
right hand rule
right hand rule
RMS error
rotational equilibrium
rotational inertia
rotational kinetic energy
R-value
Rydberg energy

s

saltatory conduction
scalar
scaling
scaling
scientific notation
Second Law of Thermodynamics
shape factor
shear
short circuit
shunt
S.I.
sigma
sigma
simple harmonic oscillator
singularity
Snell's Law
Solar masses
source charge
specific heat
specific volume
speed
speed of light
speed of light
speed of sound
spherical symmetry
spin
spin magnetic moment
spin quantum number
spring constant
standing waves
state variables
static equilibrium
Stefan-Boltzmann constant
stochastic processes
strain
strange quarks
strength
stress
strong force
summation
superposition
Systeme Internationale
system of objects

t

T1-weighted MRI images
T2-weighted MRI images
tau
temperature
tension
terminal velocity
Tesla
test charge
thermal conductivity
thermal energy
theta
time
time constant
topology
top quarks
torque
total internal reflection
toughness
translation
translational equilibrium
translational kinetic energy
transverse waves
trigonometry
turbulence

u

ultraviolet radiation
uniform circular motion
up quarks

v

variable resistor
velocity
velocity gradient
viscosity
voltage divider
voltage drop
Volts
vortices

w

Watt
wave front
wave function
wavelength
wave medium
wave number
wave propagation
waves in phase
waves out of phase
weak force
weight
work of extension

x

x-rays

y

Young's Modulus

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