Physics: Glossary

Physics: Glossary

  1. aberration
  2. absorption edge
  3. acoustic impedance
  4. acoustic microscope
  5. acoustics
  6. acoustics, architectural
  7. aerodynamics
  8. anthropic principle
  9. aperture
  10. Archimedes’ principle
  11. astrophysics
  12. atmospheric optics
  13. atomic mass unit
  14. atomic model
  15. atomic physics
  16. atomic theory
  17. Aufbau principle
  18. austausch coefficient
  19. Avogadro’s number
  20. ballistics
  21. Bernoulli’s theorem
  22. binocular
  23. biophysics
  24. black
  25. blue
  26. Bohr magneton
  27. Bohr model
  28. Boltzmann constant
  29. brane
  30. brightness
  31. brown
  32. Casimir effect
  33. celestial mechanics
  34. charge conjugation
  35. charge conservation
  36. chromatic aberration
  37. chromophore
  38. collective model
  39. collimator
  40. colour
  41. colour wheel
  42. combination tone
  43. complementary colour
  44. compound-nucleus model
  45. condensed-matter physics
  46. conservation law
  47. cosmogony
  48. cosmology
  49. cryogenics
  50. crystallography
  51. decay constant
  52. decibel
  53. dielectric constant
  54. diffraction grating
  55. diopter
  56. dip circle
  57. dipolar hypothesis
  58. Doppler effect
  59. dynamics
  60. dynamo theory
  61. electricity
  62. electrogasdynamics
  63. electron charge
  64. electron microscope
  65. electron microscopy
  66. electron optics
  67. electron-probe microanalyzer
  68. electronic configuration
  69. electronics
  70. electrostatics
  71. electroweak theory
  72. energy
  73. energy state
  74. energy transfer
  75. conservation of energy
  76. envelope
  77. environmental scanning electron microscope (E.S.E.M.)
  78. excitation
  79. eyeglasses
  80. faraday
  81. Fermat’s principle
  82. Fermi level
  83. Feynman diagram
  84. fiber optics
  85. field-emission microscope
  86. filter
  87. fluid
  88. fluid mechanics
  89. focusing
  90. Franck–Hertz experiment
  91. Fresnel lens
  92. friction
  93. gamma-ray astronomy
  94. gauge theory
  95. geomagnetic field
  96. geomagnetics
  97. geophone
  98. geophysics
  99. gravitational constant
  100. gravity
  101. green
  102. heat
  103. high-voltage electron microscope
  104. holography
  105. hydraulic jump
  106. hydraulics
  107. hydrostatics
  108. law of inertia
  109. infrared astronomy
  110. infrared source
  111. infrasonics
  112. kinematics
  113. kinetics
  114. lens
  115. light
  116. conservation of linear momentum
  117. liquid-drop model
  118. loudness
  119. low-temperature phenomenon
  120. lubrication
  121. luminous intensity
  122. magic number
  123. magnetic survey
  124. magnetohydrodynamics
  125. magnification
  126. marine geophysics
  127. conservation of mass
  128. matter
  129. Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
  130. mechanics
  131. metallography
  132. metallurgy
  133. metastable state
  134. microscope
  135. mineral processing
  136. mirror
  137. moment magnitude
  138. conservation of momentum
  139. multiverse
  140. Munsell colour system
  141. musical sound
  142. neutron optics
  143. Newton’s laws of motion
  144. noise
  145. noise pollution
  146. nuclear model
  147. optical axis
  148. optical crystallography
  149. optical image
  150. optical model
  151. optical pumping
  152. optics
  153. orange
  154. overtone
  155. parity
  156. particle physics
  157. periscope
  158. photon
  159. physical constant
  160. physics
  161. pitch
  162. Planck’s constant
  163. plasma
  164. poison
  165. population inversion
  166. primary colour
  167. prism
  168. psychophysics
  169. pupil
  170. purple
  171. quantum
  172. quantum chromodynamics
  173. quantum electrodynamics
  174. quantum field theory
  175. quantum mechanics
  176. radiation measurement
  177. radio astronomy
  178. red
  179. reflection
  180. reflection seismology
  181. refraction
  182. refrigeration
  183. relative aperture
  184. relativistic mechanics
  185. relativity
  186. renormalization
  187. rgb colour model
  188. richter scale
  189. rutherford model
  190. rydberg constant
  191. s-matrix
  192. scanning electron microscope
  193. scanning tunneling microscope
  194. seismic survey
  195. seismograph
  196. seismology
  197. selection rule
  198. shell atomic model
  199. shell nuclear model
  200. soil mechanics
  201. solar constant
  202. solar neutrino problem
  203. mechanics of solids
  204. sound
  205. sound intensity
  206. sound production
  207. sound reception
  208. speed
  209. speed of light
  210. speed of sound
  211. spherical aberration
  212. standard model
  213. statics
  214. statistical mechanics
  215. stereoscopy
  216. string theory
  217. sunlight
  218. supergravity
  219. supersymmetry
  220. symmetry
  221. thermodynamics
  222. laws of thermodynamics
  223. thomson atomic model
  224. timbre
  225. time reversal
  226. tone
  227. transition
  228. transmission electron microscope
  229. tribology
  230. tristimulus system
  231. ultramicroscope
  232. ultrasonics
  233. ultraviolet astronomy
  234. ultraviolet telescope
  235. unified field theory
  236. universal gas constant
  237. vector
  238. violet
  239. wave function
  240. wave mechanics
  241. wear
  242. white
  243. white noise
  244. X-ray astronomy
  245. X-ray microscope
  246. yellow