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Physics: Glossary

  1. 100 Years of General Relativity
  2. 22 Questions About Time and Timekeeping Answered
  3. 6 Amazing Facts About Gravitational Waves and LIGO
  4. aberration
  5. absolute temperature scale
  6. absolute zero
  7. absorption
  8. absorption edge
  9. acceleration
  10. acoustic impedance
  11. acoustic microscope
  12. acoustics
  13. acoustics, architectural
  14. actinium series
  15. action
  16. activity
  17. activity coefficient
  18. adiabatic demagnetization
  19. adsorption
  20. aerodynamics
  21. aerosol
  22. albedo
  23. alembic
  24. alpha decay
  25. alpha particle
  26. alternating current
  27. altitude and azimuth
  28. amorphous solid
  29. Ampère’s law
  30. amphoterism
  31. amplitude
  32. anachronism (page not yet available)
  33. angle of incidence (page not yet available)
  34. angular momentum (page not yet available)
  35. angular velocity (page not yet available)
  36. anisotropy (page not yet available)
  37. annihilation (page not yet available)
  38. anthropic principle
  39. antiferromagnetism (page not yet available)
  40. antimatter (page not yet available)
  41. antineutron
  42. antiparticle
  43. antiproton
  44. aperture
  45. aphelion
  46. apse
  47. Archimedes’ principle
  48. Are Black and White Colors?
  49. assaying
  50. astrophysics
  51. atmospheric corona
  52. atmospheric electricity
  53. atmospheric optics
  54. atmospheric pressure
  55. atmospheric refraction
  56. atmospheric turbulence
  57. atom
  58. atomic bomb
  59. Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: Infographic
  60. Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki: Infographic
  61. atomic clock
  62. atomic mass
  63. atomic mass unit
  64. atomic model
  65. atomic number
  66. atomic physics
  67. atomic radius
  68. atomic theory
  69. atomic time
  70. atomic weight
  71. atomism
  72. Aufbau principle
  73. Auger effect
  74. aureole
  75. austausch coefficient
  76. avalanche effect
  77. Avogadro’s law
  78. Avogadro’s number
  79. axis
  80. azeotrope
  81. ballistics
  82. band gap
  83. band theory
  84. Barkhausen effect
  85. barn
  86. baryon
  87. BCS theory
  88. beat
  89. Beer’s law
  90. Bernoulli’s theorem
  91. beta decay
  92. beta particle
  93. binding energy
  94. binocular
  95. bioelectricity
  96. biofuel
  97. biogas
  98. bioluminescence
  99. biophysics
  100. Biot-Savart law
  101. black
  102. blackbody (page not yet available)
  103. blackbody radiation (page not yet available)
  104. blue
  105. blue light (page not yet available)
  106. Bohr magneton
  107. Bohr model
  108. boiling point (page not yet available)
  109. Boltzmann constant
  110. Bose-Einstein condensate
  111. Bose-Einstein statistics
  112. boson
  113. boundary layer
  114. bow wave
  115. Boyle’s law
  116. Bragg law
  117. branching
  118. brane
  119. Bravais lattice
  120. bremsstrahlung
  121. Brewster’s law
  122. brightness
  123. British thermal unit
  124. broadband
  125. Brocken spectre
  126. brown
  127. Brownian motion
  128. bubble chamber
  129. buckling
  130. bulk modulus
  131. buoyancy
  132. burette
  133. butterfly effect
  134. caloric theory
  135. Can Anything Break if You Hit It Hard Enough?
  136. canonical ensemble
  137. capacitance
  138. capillarity
  139. capillary wave
  140. capture
  141. carbonation
  142. carrier wave
  143. Casimir effect
  144. catenation (page not yet available)
  145. cathode ray (page not yet available)
  146. Cavendish experiment (page not yet available)
  147. cavitation (page not yet available)
  148. celestial mechanics
  149. Cellini’s halo (page not yet available)
  150. Celsius (page not yet available)
  151. centrifugal force
  152. centripetal acceleration
  153. channeling
  154. charge conjugation
  155. charge conservation
  156. Charles’s law
  157. chemical energy
  158. chemical indicator
  159. chemical precipitation
  160. chemiluminescence
  161. Cherenkov radiation
  162. chromatic aberration
  163. chromatography
  164. chromophore
  165. circuit breaker
  166. cloud chamber
  167. cluster
  168. CNO cycle
  169. coal liquefaction
  170. coefficient of friction
  171. coherence
  172. cohesion
  173. coincidence counting
  174. collective model
  175. colligative property
  176. collimator
  177. collision
  178. colloid
  179. colorimetry
  180. colour
  181. colour centre
  182. colour wheel
  183. column chromatography
  184. combination tone
  185. complementarity principle
  186. complementary colour
  187. complexity
  188. compound-nucleus model
  189. compression
  190. Compton effect
  191. Condensation
  192. condensed-matter physics
  193. conductivity
  194. conjugated system
  195. conservation law
  196. conservation of energy
  197. conservation of linear momentum
  198. conservation of mass
  199. conservation of momentum
  200. conservative force
  201. constringence
  202. continuity principle
  203. convection
  204. convergence and divergence
  205. Coordinated Universal Time (page not yet available)
  206. cordite (page not yet available)
  207. Coriolis force (page not yet available)
  208. cosmic microwave background (page not yet available)
  209. cosmic X-ray background (page not yet available)
  210. cosmogony
  211. cosmology
  212. Coulomb force (page not yet available)
  213. Coulomb’s law (page not yet available)
  214. coulometry (page not yet available)
  215. countercurrent distribution (page not yet available)
  216. couple (page not yet available)
  217. covalent bond (page not yet available)
  218. CP violation (page not yet available)
  219. critical angle (page not yet available)
  220. critical mass (page not yet available)
  221. critical point (page not yet available)
  222. cross section (page not yet available)
  223. cryogenics
  224. crystal (page not yet available)
  225. crystal defect (page not yet available)
  226. crystallite (page not yet available)
  227. crystallography
  228. Curie point (page not yet available)
  229. curl (page not yet available)
  230. d’Alembert’s principle
  231. Dalton’s law (page not yet available)
  232. damping (page not yet available)
  233. Darcy’s law (page not yet available)
  234. dark matter (page not yet available)
  235. de Broglie wave (page not yet available)
  236. Debye-Hückel equation (page not yet available)
  237. decay constant
  238. decibel
  239. deformation and flow (page not yet available)
  240. degenerate gas (page not yet available)
  241. delta ray (page not yet available)
  242. density (page not yet available)
  243. density current (page not yet available)
  244. dew point (page not yet available)
  245. diadochy (page not yet available)
  246. dialysis (page not yet available)
  247. diamagnetism (page not yet available)
  248. diastereoisomer (page not yet available)
  249. dielectric (page not yet available)
  250. dielectric constant
  251. dielectric loss (page not yet available)
  252. differential thermal analysis (page not yet available)
  253. diffraction (page not yet available)
  254. diffraction grating
  255. diffusion (page not yet available)
  256. diffusion chamber (page not yet available)
  257. dimensional analysis (page not yet available)
  258. diopter
  259. dip circle
  260. dipolar hypothesis
  261. direct current (page not yet available)
  262. dispersion (page not yet available)
  263. displacement (page not yet available)
  264. displacement current (page not yet available)
  265. displacement law (page not yet available)
  266. distillation (page not yet available)
  267. Doppler effect
  268. dosimeter
  269. Do Toilets in Different Hemispheres Flush in Different Directions? (page not yet available)
  270. double bond
  271. double refraction
  272. drag
  273. ductility
  274. Dulong–Petit law
  275. dynamical time
  276. dynamics
  277. dynamo theory
  278. Eddington mass limit
  279. eddy
  280. eddy current
  281. elasticity
  282. elastic limit
  283. elastic wave
  284. electret
  285. electrical impedance
  286. electric arc
  287. electric charge
  288. electric current
  289. electric dipole
  290. electric displacement
  291. electric field
  292. electric flux
  293. electricity
  294. electric polarization
  295. electric potential
  296. electric power
  297. electric susceptibility
  298. electrogasdynamics
  299. electroluminescence
  300. electromagnet
  301. electromagnetic field
  302. electromagnetic radiation
  303. electromagnetic spectrum
  304. electromagnetism
  305. electromotive force
  306. electron
  307. electron affinity
  308. electron beam
  309. electron capture
  310. electron charge
  311. electron diffraction
  312. electronic configuration
  313. electronics
  314. electronic work function
  315. electron microscope
  316. electron microscopy
  317. electron optics
  318. electron paramagnetic resonance
  319. electron-probe microanalyzer
  320. electron scattering
  321. electron shell
  322. electron spectroscopy
  323. electrophoresis
  324. electrostatic induction
  325. electrostatics
  326. electrostriction
  327. electroweak theory
  328. E = mc2
  329. emulsifier
  330. emulsion
  331. enantiomer
  332. energy
  333. energy conversion
  334. energy, equipartition of
  335. energy state
  336. energy transfer
  337. enthalpy
  338. entropy
  339. envelope
  340. environmental scanning electron microscope (E.S.E.M.)
  341. Ephemeris Time
  342. equilibrium (page not yet available)
  343. equivalence principle (page not yet available)
  344. escape velocity (page not yet available)
  345. eutectic
  346. evaporation
  347. evaporator
  348. excitation
  349. exciton
  350. exsolution
  351. eyeglasses
  352. Fahrenheit temperature scale
  353. fallout
  354. farad
  355. faraday
  356. Faraday effect
  357. Faraday’s law of induction
  358. fatigue
  359. fault
  360. Fermat’s principle
  361. Fermi-Dirac statistics
  362. Fermi level
  363. fermion
  364. Fermi surface
  365. ferrimagnetism
  366. ferroelectricity
  367. ferromagnetism
  368. fetch
  369. Feynman diagram
  370. fiber optics
  371. field
  372. field emission
  373. field-emission microscope
  374. filter
  375. filtration
  376. fine structure
  377. first law of thermodynamics
  378. fission product
  379. flight, history of
  380. flocculation
  381. flotation
  382. fluid
  383. fluid mechanics
  384. fluorescence
  385. foam
  386. focusing
  387. forbidden lines
  388. force
  389. force, line of
  390. form
  391. fracture
  392. Franck–Hertz experiment
  393. free-electron model of metals
  394. free energy
  395. freefall
  396. freezing point
  397. frequency
  398. Fresnel lens
  399. friction
  400. Froude number
  401. fugacity
  402. fundamental force
  403. fusion reactor
  404. gamma decay
  405. gamma ray
  406. gamma-ray astronomy
  407. gamma-ray burst
  408. gas
  409. gas chromatography (page not yet available)
  410. gas laws (page not yet available)
  411. gauge theory
  412. gauss (page not yet available)
  413. Gauss’s law (page not yet available)
  414. gel (page not yet available)
  415. gelatin (page not yet available)
  416. gel chromatography (page not yet available)
  417. gel electrophoresis (page not yet available)
  418. general relativity
  419. geologic time
  420. geomagnetic field
  421. geomagnetics
  422. geophone
  423. geophysics
  424. geostationary orbit
  425. geostrophic motion
  426. geothermal energy
  427. Gibbs-Duhem equation
  428. glass
  429. gluon
  430. grain
  431. gravimetric analysis
  432. gravitational constant
  433. gravitational wave
  434. graviton
  435. gravity
  436. gravity, centre of
  437. Gravity: From Apples to the Universe
  438. green
  439. Greenwich Mean Time
  440. Gunn effect
  441. hadron
  442. half-life
  443. Hall effect
  444. halo
  445. Has Pink Always Been a “Girly” Color?
  446. Hawking radiation
  447. heat
  448. heat capacity
  449. heat transfer
  450. henry
  451. Henry’s law
  452. hexagonal system
  453. Higgs boson
  454. high-pressure phenomena
  455. high-voltage electron microscope
  456. hole
  457. holography
  458. Hooke’s law (page not yet available)
  459. How Albert Einstein Developed the Theory of General Relativity (page not yet available)
  460. How Are Crystals Made? (page not yet available)
  461. How Are Diamonds Made? (page not yet available)
  462. How Does Electricity Work?
  463. How Does Sound Travel?
  464. How Do Magnets Work? (page not yet available)
  465. How Do Mirrors Work?
  466. How Do Scientists Predict Tsunamis After Earthquakes?
  467. How Is Light Both a Particle and a Wave?
  468. How Was Gravity Discovered?
  469. How Will the Roman Space Telescope Learn About Dark Energy and Dark Matter?
  470. Huygens’ principle
  471. hydraulic jump
  472. hydraulic power
  473. hydraulics
  474. hydroelectric power
  475. hydrostatics
  476. hyperfine structure
  477. hyperon
  478. hysteresis
  479. ideal gas
  480. ideal gas law
  481. ideal solution
  482. incongruent melting
  483. inductance
  484. induction, electromagnetic
  485. induction heating
  486. inertia
  487. inertial force
  488. inertia, moment of
  489. infrared astronomy
  490. infrared radiation
  491. infrared source
  492. infrasonics
  493. insulator
  494. interface
  495. interference
  496. interference fringe
  497. intermediate vector boson
  498. internal energy
  499. internal pair production
  500. internal wave
  501. iodine value
  502. ionic bond (page not yet available)
  503. ionization (page not yet available)
  504. ionization energy (page not yet available)
  505. ionizing radiation (page not yet available)
  506. ion pair
  507. isobar
  508. isomer
  509. isomerism
  510. isometric system
  511. isospin
  512. isotone
  513. isotope dilution
  514. isotopic fractionation
  515. Josephson effect
  516. Joule heating
  517. Joule-Thomson effect
  518. J/psi particle
  519. kelvin
  520. Kelvin wave
  521. Kerr electro-optic effect
  522. kinematics
  523. kinetic energy
  524. kinetics
  525. kinetic theory of gases
  526. Kjeldahl method
  527. klystron
  528. Lagrange point
  529. laminar flow
  530. lapse rate
  531. latent heat
  532. latitude and longitude
  533. lattice energy
  534. Laue diffraction
  535. law of inertia
  536. laws of thermodynamics
  537. lens
  538. Lenz’s law
  539. lepton
  540. Liesegang ring
  541. lift
  542. light
  543. lightning
  544. linear motion
  545. line broadening
  546. liquid
  547. liquid crystal
  548. liquid-drop model
  549. litmus
  550. longitudinal wave
  551. Lorentz force
  552. loudness
  553. low Earth orbit
  554. low-temperature phenomenon
  555. lubrication
  556. luminescence (page not yet available)
  557. luminous intensity
  558. Mach number (page not yet available)
  559. Mach’s principle
  560. Madden-Julian oscillation
  561. magic number
  562. magnet
  563. magnetic circuit
  564. magnetic dipole
  565. magnetic field
  566. magnetic field strength
  567. magnetic force
  568. magnetic mirror
  569. magnetic monopole
  570. magnetic permeability
  571. magnetic pole
  572. magnetic resonance
  573. magnetic resonance imaging
  574. magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  575. magnetic Reynolds number
  576. magnetic survey
  577. magnetic susceptibility
  578. magnetism
  579. magnetohydrodynamics
  580. magneton
  581. magnetostriction
  582. magnetron
  583. magnification
  584. magnon
  585. Magnus effect
  586. marine geophysics
  587. mascon
  588. maser
  589. mass
  590. mass number
  591. mass spectrometry
  592. matter
  593. Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
  594. Maxwell’s demon
  595. Maxwell’s equations
  596. mean free path
  597. mean life
  598. mechanical efficiency
  599. mechanical energy
  600. mechanics
  601. mechanics of solids
  602. Meissner effect
  603. melting
  604. melting point
  605. meridian
  606. mesic atom
  607. meson
  608. metacentre
  609. metal fatigue
  610. metallic bond
  611. metallography
  612. metallurgy
  613. metastable state
  614. micelle
  615. Michelson interferometer
  616. Michelson-Morley experiment
  617. microgravity
  618. microscope
  619. microwave
  620. microwave oven
  621. Miller indices
  622. Millikan oil-drop experiment
  623. mineral processing
  624. mirage
  625. mirror
  626. mirror nucleus
  627. mobility (page not yet available)
  628. moiré pattern (page not yet available)
  629. molar mass (page not yet available)
  630. molecular beam (page not yet available)
  631. molecular sieve (page not yet available)
  632. moment magnitude
  633. momentum
  634. monatomic gas
  635. monochromator
  636. monoclinic system
  637. Mössbauer effect
  638. motion
  639. motion, equation of
  640. multiverse
  641. Munsell colour system
  642. muon
  643. muonium
  644. musical sound
  645. nanoparticle
  646. nephelometry and turbidimetry
  647. neptunium series
  648. neutrino
  649. neutron
  650. neutron beam
  651. neutron capture
  652. neutron optics
  653. Newton’s laws of motion
  654. Newton’s rings
  655. noble metal
  656. noise
  657. noise pollution
  658. nuclear binding energy
  659. nuclear clock
  660. nuclear electromagnetic pulse
  661. nuclear energy
  662. nuclear fission
  663. nuclear fusion
  664. nuclear magnetic resonance
  665. nuclear model
  666. nuclear photographic emulsion
  667. nuclear reaction
  668. nucleon
  669. nucleosynthesis
  670. nuclide
  671. nutation
  672. ocean current (page not yet available)
  673. oersted (page not yet available)
  674. Ohm’s law (page not yet available)
  675. optical activity
  676. optical axis
  677. optical crystallography
  678. optical image
  679. optical model
  680. optical pumping
  681. optics
  682. orange
  683. orbit
  684. orbital
  685. orbital velocity
  686. orthorhombic system
  687. osmosis
  688. osmotic pressure
  689. overtone
  690. pair production
  691. paper chromatography
  692. parallax
  693. parallel
  694. paramagnetism
  695. parity
  696. particle physics
  697. Pascal’s principle
  698. Pauli exclusion principle
  699. Peltier effect
  700. perihelion
  701. period
  702. periodic motion
  703. periscope
  704. permeability
  705. permittivity
  706. pH
  707. phase diagram
  708. phase rule
  709. phenolphthalein
  710. phonon
  711. phosphor
  712. phosphorescence
  713. photoconductivity
  714. photodisintegration
  715. photoelasticity
  716. photoelectric effect
  717. photo-ionization
  718. photoluminescence (page not yet available)
  719. photon
  720. photovoltaic effect (page not yet available)
  721. physical constant
  722. physics
  723. pi bond (page not yet available)
  724. piezoelectricity
  725. pinch effect
  726. piston and cylinder
  727. pitch
  728. pi theorem (page not yet available)
  729. Planck’s constant
  730. Planck’s radiation law
  731. plaque
  732. plasma
  733. plasma oscillation
  734. plastic
  735. plasticity
  736. platinum group
  737. pleochroism
  738. p-n junction
  739. point group
  740. poison
  741. Poisson’s ratio
  742. Poisson’s spot
  743. polarimetry
  744. polarization
  745. polarography
  746. polaron
  747. polycrystal
  748. polymorphism
  749. population inversion
  750. position vector
  751. positron
  752. positronium
  753. potential energy
  754. Poynting vector
  755. precession
  756. pressure
  757. primary colour
  758. prism
  759. prompt neutron
  760. propellant
  761. proton
  762. proton-proton chain
  763. psychophysics
  764. pupil
  765. purple
  766. qualitative chemical analysis
  767. quantitative chemical analysis (page not yet available)
  768. quantum
  769. quantum chromodynamics
  770. quantum electrodynamics
  771. quantum field theory
  772. quantum mechanics
  773. quantum number
  774. quark
  775. quasicrystal
  776. quasiparticle
  777. racemic mixture
  778. radar
  779. radiant energy
  780. radiation
  781. radiation damage
  782. radiation measurement
  783. radiation pressure
  784. radiative forcing
  785. radioactive series
  786. radioactivity
  787. radio astronomy
  788. radio wave
  789. rainbow
  790. Raman effect
  791. range
  792. Rankine temperature scale
  793. rarefaction
  794. Rayleigh scattering
  795. Réaumur temperature scale
  796. red
  797. reduced mass
  798. reference frame
  799. reflection
  800. reflection seismology
  801. refraction
  802. refractive index
  803. refrigeration
  804. relative aperture
  805. relativistic mass
  806. relativistic mechanics
  807. relativity
  808. relay
  809. renewable energy
  810. renormalization
  811. resistivity
  812. resolution
  813. resonance
  814. resonator
  815. reststrahlen
  816. retort
  817. reverse osmosis
  818. reversibility
  819. Reynolds number
  820. rgb colour model
  821. Richardson number
  822. richter scale
  823. rip current
  824. rogue wave (page not yet available)
  825. rolling friction (page not yet available)
  826. rutherford model
  827. rydberg constant
  828. Saint Elmo’s fire
  829. saturation
  830. scanning electron microscope
  831. scanning tunneling microscope
  832. scattering
  833. Schottky effect
  834. Schrödinger equation
  835. Schwarzschild radius
  836. scintillation counter
  837. sea level
  838. secondary emission
  839. second law of thermodynamics
  840. Seebeck effect
  841. seiche
  842. seismic survey
  843. seismic wave
  844. seismograph
  845. seismology
  846. selection rule
  847. semiconductor
  848. separation and purification
  849. shear modulus
  850. shear stress
  851. shear wave
  852. shell atomic model
  853. shell nuclear model
  854. shock wave
  855. sidereal period
  856. sidereal time
  857. sievert
  858. sigma bond
  859. simple harmonic motion
  860. single bond
  861. single crystal
  862. skin effect
  863. slip
  864. slow neutron
  865. s-matrix
  866. Snell’s law
  867. soil mechanics
  868. sol
  869. solar constant
  870. solar energy
  871. solar neutrino problem
  872. solar power
  873. solar radiation
  874. solar time
  875. solenoid
  876. solid
  877. solid solution
  878. solid-state detector
  879. solubility
  880. solution
  881. solvent
  882. sonic boom
  883. sound
  884. sound barrier
  885. sound intensity
  886. sound production
  887. sound reception
  888. space
  889. space charge
  890. space group
  891. space-time
  892. spallation
  893. spark chamber (page not yet available)
  894. special relativity (page not yet available)
  895. specific gravity (page not yet available)
  896. specific heat (page not yet available)
  897. spectral line (page not yet available)
  898. spectral line series (page not yet available)
  899. spectrochemical analysis (page not yet available)
  900. spectrometer (page not yet available)
  901. spectrophotometry (page not yet available)
  902. spectroscopy
  903. spectrum
  904. speed
  905. speed of light
  906. speed of sound
  907. spherical aberration
  908. spin
  909. spin-statistics theorem
  910. spontaneous fission
  911. standard model
  912. standing wave
  913. Stark effect
  914. state, equation of
  915. static electricity
  916. static friction
  917. statics
  918. stationary phase
  919. statistical mechanics
  920. steam power
  921. Stefan-Boltzmann law
  922. Steno’s law
  923. stereoisomerism
  924. stereoscopy
  925. Stern-Gerlach experiment
  926. Stokes lines
  927. Stokes’s law
  928. strain
  929. streamline
  930. stress
  931. string theory
  932. stripping reaction
  933. strong force
  934. subatomic particle
  935. sublimation
  936. sunlight
  937. superconductivity
  938. superfluidity
  939. supergravity
  940. superposition, principle of
  941. supersonic flight
  942. supersymmetry
  943. surface tension
  944. symmetry
  945. synchrotron radiation
  946. syngas
  947. tachyon
  948. tau
  949. tautomerism
  950. telluric current
  951. temperature
  952. temperature–humidity index
  953. temperature inversion
  954. tensile strength
  955. terminal velocity
  956. tesla
  957. tetragonal system (page not yet available)
  958. The First Atomic Bombs Tested and Used During World War II
  959. thermal conduction
  960. thermal conductivity
  961. thermal energy
  962. thermal expansion
  963. thermal neutron
  964. thermal radiation
  965. thermionic emission
  966. thermodynamic equilibrium
  967. thermodynamics
  968. thermoelectricity
  969. thermoluminescence
  970. thermometer
  971. thermonuclear reaction
  972. The Solar Eclipse That Made Albert Einstein a Science Celebrity
  973. thin-layer chromatography
  974. thixotropy
  975. thomson atomic model
  976. Thomson effect
  977. thunderstorm
  978. tidal power
  979. timbre
  980. time
  981. time dilation
  982. time perception
  983. time reversal
  984. titration
  985. Today in History—February 27: The Discovery of Solar Radio Waves
  986. Today in History—January 21: When Supersonic Travel Took Off
  987. Today in History—July 16: The Day the End of the World Began
  988. Today in History—June 10: Benjamin Franklin Flies a Kite—and Makes History
  989. Today in History—October 2: Mummy Brown Paint Sales End
  990. tone
  991. torque
  992. Torricelli’s law
  993. total internal reflection
  994. transition
  995. transmission electron microscope
  996. transmutation
  997. transport phenomenon
  998. transverse wave
  999. trap
  1000. tribology
  1001. triclinic system
  1002. trigonal system
  1003. triple bond
  1004. tristimulus system
  1005. tsunami
  1006. tunneling
  1007. turbulence
  1008. turbulent flow
  1009. twinning
  1010. twin paradox
  1011. Tyndall effect
  1012. ultramicroscope
  1013. ultrasonics
  1014. ultraviolet astronomy
  1015. ultraviolet radiation
  1016. ultraviolet telescope
  1017. uncertainty principle
  1018. undertow
  1019. unified field theory
  1020. uniform circular motion
  1021. universal gas constant
  1022. Universal Time
  1023. vacancy
  1024. vacuum
  1025. valence
  1026. valence electron
  1027. vaporization
  1028. vapour pressure
  1029. vector
  1030. velocity
  1031. vertical mixing
  1032. vibration
  1033. violet
  1034. viscosity
  1035. volt
  1036. volumetric analysis
  1037. waterpower
  1038. wave
  1039. wave front
  1040. wave function
  1041. wavelength
  1042. wave mechanics
  1043. wave motion
  1044. wavenumber
  1045. wave-particle duality
  1046. wave power
  1047. wave velocity
  1048. weak interaction
  1049. weakly interacting massive particle
  1050. wear
  1051. weight
  1052. weightlessness
  1053. wet-bulb temperature
  1054. What Causes a Drought?
  1055. What Causes a Rainbow?
  1056. What Causes Mirages?
  1057. What Causes Tides in the Ocean?
  1058. What Causes Tsunamis?
  1059. What Color Is the Universe?
  1060. What Is Antimatter?
  1061. What Is Dark Matter?
  1062. What Is the Difference Between a Meteotsunami, a Seiche, and a Storm Surge?
  1063. What Is the Difference Between Energy and Power?
  1064. What Is the Difference Between Mass and Density?
  1065. What Is the Difference Between Mass and Volume?
  1066. What Is the Difference Between Mass and Weight?
  1067. What Makes a Wave Go Rogue?
  1068. What’s the Difference Between Planets and Stars?
  1069. What’s the Difference Between Speed and Velocity?
  1070. whistler (page not yet available)
  1071. white
  1072. white noise
  1073. Why Are Gymnasts So Short? (page not yet available)
  1074. Why are Higher Elevations Colder? (page not yet available)
  1075. Why Are Plants Green? (page not yet available)
  1076. Why Are Rainbows Curved? (page not yet available)
  1077. Why Are Rip Currents Dangerous?
  1078. Why Are Some Metals More Conductive than Others?
  1079. Why Do Coke and Mentos React?
  1080. Why Does a Football Swerve?
  1081. Why Does Salt Melt Ice?
  1082. Why Does the Tropic of Cancer’s Location on Earth Move Over Time?
  1083. Why Do We Have Seasons?
  1084. Why Is Summer Warmer Than Winter?
  1085. Wien’s law
  1086. wind chill
  1087. wind energy
  1088. wind power
  1089. work
  1090. W particle
  1091. X-ray
  1092. X-ray astronomy
  1093. X-ray diffraction
  1094. X-ray microscope
  1095. Yang-Mills theory
  1096. yellow
  1097. yield point
  1098. yield strength
  1099. Young’s experiment
  1100. Young’s modulus
  1101. ytterbium
  1102. yttrium
  1103. Zeeman effect
  1104. zeolite
  1105. zero-point energy
  1106. Ziegler-Natta catalyst
  1107. zinc
  1108. zinc group element
  1109. zirconia
  1110. zirconium
  1111. zone melting
  1112. Z particle
  1113. Zyklon-B
  1114. zymogen
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