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. electrogasdynamics
  62. electron charge
  63. electron microscope
  64. electron microscopy
  65. electron optics
  66. electron-probe microanalyzer
  67. electronic configuration
  68. electronics
  69. electrostatics
  70. electroweak theory
  71. energy
  72. energy state
  73. energy transfer
  74. conservation of energy
  75. envelope
  76. environmental scanning electron microscope (E.S.E.M.)
  77. excitation
  78. eyeglasses
  79. faraday
  80. Fermat’s principle
  81. Fermi level
  82. Feynman diagram
  83. fiber optics
  84. field-emission microscope
  85. filter
  86. fluid
  87. fluid mechanics
  88. focusing
  89. Franck–Hertz experiment
  90. Fresnel lens
  91. friction
  92. gamma-ray astronomy
  93. gauge theory
  94. geomagnetic field
  95. geomagnetics
  96. geophone
  97. geophysics
  98. gravitational constant
  99. gravity
  100. green
  101. Hamiltonian function
  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. Lagrangian function
  115. lens
  116. light
  117. conservation of linear momentum
  118. liquid-drop model
  119. loudness
  120. low-temperature phenomenon
  121. lubrication
  122. luminous intensity
  123. magic number
  124. magnetic survey
  125. magnetohydrodynamics
  126. magnification
  127. marine geophysics
  128. conservation of mass
  129. matter
  130. Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
  131. mechanics
  132. metallography
  133. metallurgy
  134. metastable state
  135. microscope
  136. mineral processing
  137. mirror
  138. moment magnitude
  139. conservation of momentum
  140. multiverse
  141. Munsell colour system
  142. musical sound
  143. Navier-Stokes equation
  144. neutron optics
  145. Newton’s laws of motion
  146. noise
  147. noise pollution
  148. nuclear model
  149. optical axis
  150. optical crystallography
  151. optical image
  152. optical model
  153. optical pumping
  154. optics
  155. orange
  156. overtone
  157. parity
  158. particle physics
  159. periscope
  160. photon
  161. physical constant
  162. physics
  163. pitch
  164. Planck’s constant
  165. plasma
  166. poison
  167. population inversion
  168. primary colour
  169. prism
  170. psychophysics
  171. pupil
  172. purple
  173. quantum
  174. quantum chromodynamics
  175. quantum electrodynamics
  176. quantum field theory
  177. quantum mechanics
  178. radiation measurement
  179. radio astronomy
  180. red
  181. reflection
  182. reflection seismology
  183. refraction
  184. refrigeration
  185. relative aperture
  186. relativistic mechanics
  187. relativity
  188. renormalization
  189. rgb colour model
  190. richter scale
  191. rutherford model
  192. rydberg constant
  193. s-matrix
  194. scanning electron microscope
  195. scanning tunneling microscope
  196. seismic survey
  197. seismograph
  198. seismology
  199. selection rule
  200. shell atomic model
  201. shell nuclear model
  202. soil mechanics
  203. solar constant
  204. solar neutrino problem
  205. mechanics of solids
  206. sound
  207. sound intensity
  208. sound production
  209. sound reception
  210. speed
  211. speed of light
  212. speed of sound
  213. spherical aberration
  214. standard model
  215. statics
  216. statistical mechanics
  217. stereoscopy
  218. string theory
  219. sunlight
  220. supergravity
  221. supersymmetry
  222. symmetry
  223. thermodynamics
  224. laws of thermodynamics
  225. thomson atomic model
  226. timbre
  227. time reversal
  228. tone
  229. transition
  230. transmission electron microscope
  231. tribology
  232. tristimulus system
  233. ultramicroscope
  234. ultrasonics
  235. ultraviolet astronomy
  236. ultraviolet telescope
  237. unified field theory
  238. universal gas constant
  239. violet
  240. wave function
  241. wave mechanics
  242. wear
  243. white
  244. white noise
  245. X-ray astronomy
  246. X-ray microscope
  247. yellow