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. Hamiltonian function
  103. heat
  104. high-voltage electron microscope
  105. holography
  106. hydraulic jump
  107. hydraulics
  108. hydrostatics
  109. law of inertia
  110. infrared astronomy
  111. infrared source
  112. infrasonics
  113. kinematics
  114. kinetics
  115. Lagrangian function
  116. lens
  117. light
  118. conservation of linear momentum
  119. liquid-drop model
  120. loudness
  121. low-temperature phenomenon
  122. lubrication
  123. luminous intensity
  124. magic number
  125. magnetic survey
  126. magnetohydrodynamics
  127. magnification
  128. marine geophysics
  129. conservation of mass
  130. matter
  131. Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
  132. mechanics
  133. metallography
  134. metallurgy
  135. metastable state
  136. microscope
  137. mineral processing
  138. mirror
  139. moment magnitude
  140. conservation of momentum
  141. multiverse
  142. Munsell colour system
  143. musical sound
  144. Navier-Stokes equation
  145. neutron optics
  146. Newton’s laws of motion
  147. noise
  148. noise pollution
  149. nuclear model
  150. optical axis
  151. optical crystallography
  152. optical image
  153. optical model
  154. optical pumping
  155. optics
  156. orange
  157. overtone
  158. parity
  159. particle physics
  160. periscope
  161. photon
  162. physical constant
  163. physics
  164. pitch
  165. Planck’s constant
  166. plasma
  167. poison
  168. population inversion
  169. primary colour
  170. prism
  171. psychophysics
  172. pupil
  173. purple
  174. quantum
  175. quantum chromodynamics
  176. quantum electrodynamics
  177. quantum field theory
  178. quantum mechanics
  179. radiation measurement
  180. radio astronomy
  181. red
  182. reflection
  183. reflection seismology
  184. refraction
  185. refrigeration
  186. relative aperture
  187. relativistic mechanics
  188. relativity
  189. renormalization
  190. rgb colour model
  191. richter scale
  192. rutherford model
  193. rydberg constant
  194. s-matrix
  195. scanning electron microscope
  196. scanning tunneling microscope
  197. seismic survey
  198. seismograph
  199. seismology
  200. selection rule
  201. shell atomic model
  202. shell nuclear model
  203. soil mechanics
  204. solar constant
  205. solar neutrino problem
  206. mechanics of solids
  207. sound
  208. sound intensity
  209. sound production
  210. sound reception
  211. speed
  212. speed of light
  213. speed of sound
  214. spherical aberration
  215. standard model
  216. statics
  217. statistical mechanics
  218. stereoscopy
  219. string theory
  220. sunlight
  221. supergravity
  222. supersymmetry
  223. symmetry
  224. thermodynamics
  225. laws of thermodynamics
  226. thomson atomic model
  227. timbre
  228. time reversal
  229. tone
  230. transition
  231. transmission electron microscope
  232. tribology
  233. tristimulus system
  234. ultramicroscope
  235. ultrasonics
  236. ultraviolet astronomy
  237. ultraviolet telescope
  238. unified field theory
  239. universal gas constant
  240. violet
  241. wave function
  242. wave mechanics
  243. wear
  244. white
  245. white noise
  246. X-ray astronomy
  247. X-ray microscope
  248. yellow