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David

Darling

PHYSICS

aberration
absolute zero
absorbed dose
absorptance
absorption spectrum
AC circuits
acceleration
acceleration due to gravity
accelerator
acoustics
action
action at a distance
activation cross section
active beam
activity
adiabatic process
admittance
aerodynamics
alpha particle
alternating current
ammeter
ampere
amplitude
angle of incidence
angle of refraction
angstrom
angular momentum
antenna
antigravity
antimatter
antiparticles
Archimedean screw
Archimedes' principle
armature
arrow of time
artificial gravity
astigmatism
atmosphere
atmospheric pressure
atom
atomic mass
atomic number
atomic structure and periodic table
atomic theory of matter
Auger effect
aurora
axion
axis

 

ballistics
Balmer series
band gap
band spectrum
bandwidth
bar
barn
baryon
battery
baud
beamwidth
beats
becquerel
Bernoulli's law
beta decay
beta particle
binding energy
black hole
blackbody
Bohr atom
boiling point
bolometer
Boltzmann constant
Boltzmann equation
Bose-Einstein statistics
boson
Boyle's law
Brackett series
Bragg's law
brane
bremsstrahlung
Brewster's law
Brownian motion
bubble chamber
bubbles
bulk modulus
buoyancy

 

calibration
calorie
calorimetry
capacitance
capacitor
capillary action
Carnot cycle
carrier wave
Casimir effect
cathode
cathode rays
causality
cavity magnetron
Celsius (unit)
center of gravity
center of mass
center-of-mass energy
centrifugal force
centripetal force
CGS units
chain reaction
change of state
chaos
charge
charge conjugation
Charles' law
charm
chromatic aberration
chronon
circular motion
classical theory
closed time-like path
cloud chamber
coefficient of linear expansion
coherence
cohesion
collimator
color charge
commutator
condensation
conductance
conduction, thermal
conductivity
conductor, electrical
conservation of mass and energy
conservation of momentum
continuous spectrum
convection
coulomb
Coulomb barrier
Coulomb's law
Coulomb's law for magnets
couple
coupling constant
CP violation
CPT theorem
critical angle
critical mass
critical point
critical temperature
Curie temperature
current, electric
current lag and lead
cyclotron
cyclotron radiation

 

Dalton's law of partial pressures
damping
dark energy
dark matter
Davisson and Germer experiment
DC circuits
de Broglie and matter waves
decay constant
decibel
degenerate matter
degree of freedom
density
Dewar flask
diamagnetism
dielectric
diffraction
diffraction grating
diffusion
dimensional analysis
diode
dipole
discharge tube
dispersion
displacement
displacement current
Doppler effect
double refraction
drag
dry cell
ductility
dynamics
dynamometer

 

echo
eddy current
Edison effect
efficiency of a machine
Einstein and the photoelectric effect
elasticity
electric current
electric displacement
electric field
electric flux
electric motor
electric polarization
electric potential
electric propulsion
electrical cell
electrical circuit
electrical conductance
electrical conductivity
electrical conductor
electrical insulator
electrical resistance
electricity
electrode
electrodynamics
electromagnet
electromagnetic field
electromagnetic induction
electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetic spectrum
electromagnetism
electromotive force
electron
electron, charge on
electron spin resonance
electron tube
electron volt
electrostatics
electroweak force
emission
emission line
energy
energy level
engine
entanglement
enthalpy
entropy
equation of light
equation of state
equilibrium
equipotential surface
equivalence principle
equivalent dose
escape velocity
evaporation
excitation
expansion
expansion of liquids

 

Fahrenheit (unit)
Faraday rotation
Faraday's laws
Fermi acceleration
Fermi level
Fermi-Dirac statistics
fermion
ferromagnetism
Feynman diagram
field
fine structure constant
first law of thermodynamics
flight
fluid dynamics
fluid flow
fluid mechanics
flux
flux density
focal length
focal plane
focus
force
forces of flight
Foucault pendulum
Fourier series
FPS system
frame of reference
freezing point
frequency
friction
fulcrum
fundamental particle
fundamental unit

 

galvanometer
gamma rays
gas
gas constant
gas laws
gauge theory
Geiger-Müller counter
general theory of relativity
g-force
Gibbs free energy
gluon
gold-leaf electroscope
Graham's law of diffusion
gram
grand unified theory (GUT)
gravitational constant (G)
gravitational waves
graviton
gravity
gray (unit)
ground state

 

H and K lines
hadron
half-life
Hall effect
harmonics
heat
heat capacity
heat engine
heat of vaporization
heat transfer
henry (H)
Henry's law
hertz (Hz)
heterodyne
hidden variables theory
Higgs boson
high-temperature physics
Hooke's law
Hund's rules
hydraulics
hydrostatic equilibrium
hyperfine structure
hyperon
hysteresis loop

 

ideal gas
ideal gas law
illuminance
image
impulse
incandescence
inclined plane
inductance
induction (electromagnetic)
induction coil
induction motor
inelastic collision
inertia
inertial reference frame
infrared
intensity
interference
internal energy
inverse-square law
ionization
ionization chamber
ionization front
ionizing radiation
irradiance
isothermal process
isotopes
isotopic spin

 

Jeans length
Joule's laws
Joule-Thomson effect

 

Kaluza-Klein theory
kelvin (unit)
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
kilogram
kinetic energy
kinetic temperature
kinetic theory of gases
Kirchhoff's laws
klystron

 

laminar flow
Larmor precession
laser
latent heat
laws of reflection
length
lens
lepton
lever
Leyden jar
lift
light
line spectrum
linear expansion
liquid
liquids, expansion of
Lorentz contraction
Lorentz transformation
luminance
luminosity
luminous flux
luminous intensity
Lyman series
Lyman-alpha

 

Mach number
machine
magnet
magnetic field
magnetic field strength
magnetic flux
magnetic flux density
magnetic moment
magnetic quantum number
magnetic susceptibility
magnetism
magneto
magnetron
magnification
malleability
manometer
many-body problem
many-worlds theory
maser
mass
mass loss
mass number
mass spectrometry
mass-energy relationship
matter
Maxwell's equations
mechanical advantage
mechanical equivalent of heat
mechanics
melting point
meniscus lens
meson
Michelson-Morley experiment
mirage
mirror
MKS units
moment
moment of inertia
momentum
Mössbauer effect
motor
multiplet
muon

 

neutrino
neutron
neutronium
newton
Newtonian mechanics
Newton's color disk
Newton's law of gravity
Newton's laws of motion
Newton's orbital cannon
Newton's rings
Nicol prism
non-thermal radiation
nuclear fission
nuclear fusion
nuclear reaction
nuclear reactor
nucleus

 

ohm
Ohm's law
optical axis
optics
oscilloscope
overtone

 

pair production
parallel circuit
parallelogram of forces
paramagnetism
parity
pascal
Pascal's law
Paschen-Back effect
Peltier effect
pendulum
Penrose diagram
penumbra
permeability
permittivity
phase
phase diagram
phase transition
photoelectric effect
photon
physical units
physics
piezoelectric effect
pitch drop experiment
Planck and the origins of quantum theory
Planck constant
Planck length
plasma
plasma frequency
plug-hole vortex
p-n junction
polarization
porous plug experiment
positron
positronium
potential energy
potentiometer
power
pressure
principal quantum number
prism
proportional counter
proton
pulley

 

quantum
quantum chromodynamics
quantum entanglement
quantum field theory
quantum gravity
quantum mechanics
quantum number
quantum teleportation
quantum theory origins and Max Planck
quantum vacuum
quark
quintessence

 

radiation
radio waves
radioactivity
rainbow
Raman effect
Rayleigh scattering
reactance
recombination
rectifier
reflection
refraction
relative atomic mass
relative permeability
relativistic effects
relativity theory
resistance, electrical
resistivity
resolution
resonance
rotation

 

scalar
scattering
Schrödinger equation
scintillation
scintillation counter
second law of thermodynamics
Seebeck effect
series circuit
shadow
shell
shock
SI (Système Internationale) system of units
siemens
sievert
simple harmonic motion
simple machine
siphon
solenoid
solid
soliton
sound
spacetime
spark chamber
special theory of relativity
specific gravity
specific heat
spectral lines
spectral series
spectroscope
spectrum
speed
speed of light
speed of sound
spin
spin quantum number
stable equilibrium
standard temperature and pressure
standing wave
state of matter
static electricity
statistical mechanics
strain
strange particle
strangeness
stress
strong force
superconductivity
supercooling and superheating
superfluidity
supergravity
superparticle
superstring theory
supersymmetry
synchrotron
synchrotron radiation

 

telegraph
temperature
tesla
thermal conduction
thermal conductivity
thermal conductivity, measurement
thermionic
thermistor
thermocouple
thermodynamics
thermometer
third law of thermodynamics
Thomson effect
Thomson scattering
three-body problem
thrust
time
time crystal
time dilation
tokamak
torque
torsion
total internal reflection
transformer
transistor
triple point
tunnel diode
tunneling
two-body problem

 

ultrasonics
ultraviolet
umbra
uncertainty principle
unified field theory
units of electricity and magnetism
units of force, energy, and power
units of heat
units of length
units of luminance
units of mass
units of pressure
units of radioactivity and radiation dose
units of sound
units of temperature
units of time
units of volume

 

vacuum
Van der Graaff generator
Van der Waals' equation of state
Van der Waals' force
vapor pressure
vector
velocity
vibration and sound
virtual particle
viscosity
volt
voltmeter

 

watt
wave
wave mechanics
wavefunction
wavelength
wave-particle duality
weak force
weight
Wheatstone bridge
wire chamber
work
work function
world-line

 

X-ray crystallography
X-ray diffraction
X-ray tube
X-rays

 

Zener diode