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

z



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