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Symbols (peak) emf, 1040
circuit, 955
A
aberration, 1190
aberrations, 1189
absolute pressure, 460, 483
absolute zero, 538, 571
AC current, 897, 911
AC voltage, 897, 911
acceleration, 43, 82, 148, 180 acceleration due to gravity, 68, 82 accommodation, 1169, 1190 Accuracy, 22
accuracy, 29
acoustic impedance , 763, 769
active transport, 524, 525
activity, 1414, 1424
adaptive optics, 1188, 1190
adhesive forces, 471, 483
adiabatic, 640
adiabatic process, 669
air resistance, 115, 130
alpha, 1393
alpha decay, 1405, 1424
alpha rays, 1424
Alternating current, 896
alternating current, 911
ammeter, 960
ammeters, 948
ampere, 879, 911
Ampere’s law, 1001, 1009
amplitude, 689, 719, 1086, 1102, 1104 amplitude modulation, 1092
amplitude modulation (AM), 1104 analog meter, 960
Analog meters, 949
analytical method, 130
Analytical methods, 109
Anger camera, 1441, 1467
angular acceleration, 397, 431
angular magnification, 1186, 1190 angular momentum, 419, 431
angular momentum quantum number, 1367, 1378
angular velocity, 226, 252
antielectron, 1409, 1424
antimatter, 1408, 1424
antinode, 713, 719, 751, 769 approximation, 29
approximations, 27
arc length, 225, 252
Archimedes' principle, 465, 484 astigmatism, 1175, 1190
atom, 1332, 1378
atomic de-excitation, 1354, 1378 atomic excitation, 1354, 1378
atomic mass, 1400, 1424
atomic number, 1372, 1378, 1400, 1424
atomic spectra, 1293, 1320
Average Acceleration, 43
average acceleration, 84, 82
Average speed, 41
average speed, 82
Average velocity, 40
average velocity, 82
Avogadro’s number, 552, 571 axions, 1534, 1540
axis of a polarizing filter, 1227, 1238 B
B-field, 983, 1009
back emf, 1041, 1066
banked curve, 252
banked curves, 234
barrier penetration, 1422, 1424 baryon number, 1492, 1506 Baryons, 1492
baryons, 1506
basal metabolic rate, 299, 304
beat frequency, 715, 719
becquerel, 1414, 1424
Bernoulli's equation, 502, 525 Bernoulli's principle, 503, 525
beta, 1393
beta decay, 1407, 1424
beta rays, 1424
Big Bang, 1520, 1540
binding energy, 1295, 1320, 1417, 1424
binding energy per nucleon, 1419, 1424
bioelectricity, 905, 911
Biot-Savart law, 1001, 1009 birefringent, 1235, 1238
Black holes, 1527
black holes, 1540
blackbodies, 1292
blackbody, 1320
blackbody radiation, 1292, 1320 Bohr radius, 1345, 1378
Boltzmann constant, 550, 571 boson, 1490, 1506
bottom, 1500, 1506
bow wake, 747, 769
break-even, 1456, 1467
breeder reactors, 1462, 1468 breeding, 1462, 1468 bremsstrahlung, 1301, 1320 Brewster’s angle, 1230, 1238 Brewster’s law, 1230, 1238
bridge device, 960
bridge devices, 954
Brownian motion, 1333, 1378 buoyant force, 464, 484
C
capacitance, 853, 865, 955, 960 capacitive reactance, 1059, 1066 capacitor, 851, 865, 955, 960 capillary action, 476, 484
carbon-14 dating, 1412, 1424 Carnot cycle, 648, 669
Carnot efficiency, 648, 669
Carnot engine, 648, 669
carrier particle, 180
carrier particles, 179
carrier wave, 1092, 1104 cathode-ray tube, 1378
cathode-ray tubes, 1334
Celsius, 537
Celsius scale, 571
center of gravity, 368, 384
center of mass, 241, 252
centrifugal force, 237, 252
centrifuge, 229
centripetal acceleration, 228, 252 centripetal force, 232, 252
change in angular velocity, 398, 431 change in entropy, 658, 669
change in momentum, 323, 347 Chaos, 1536
chaos, 1540
characteristic time constant, 1055, 1067
characteristic x rays, 1301, 1320 charm, 1500, 1506
chart of the nuclides, 1403, 1424 chemical energy, 291, 304
classical physics, 12, 29
Classical relativity, 127
classical relativity, 130
classical velocity addition, 1281 coefficient of linear expansion, 543, 571
coefficient of performance, 656, 669 coefficient of volume expansion, 545, 571
coherent, 1205, 1238
cohesive forces, 471, 484
Colliding beams, 1487
colliding beams, 1506
color, 1501, 1506
color constancy, 1178, 1190 commutative, 106, 131, 130 complexity, 1535, 1540
component (of a 2-d vector), 130 components , 108
compound microscope, 1179, 1190 Compton effect, 1305, 1320 Conduction, 598
conduction, 614
conductor, 790, 813, 813 Conductors, 794
confocal microscopes, 1237, 1238 conservation laws, 943, 960 conservation of mechanical energy, 283, 304
conservation of momentum principle, 328, 347
Conservation of total , 1492 conservation of total baryon number, 1492, 1506
conservation of total electron family number, 1506
conservation of total , 1492
conservation of total muon family number, 1506
conservative force, 281, 304 constructive interference, 712, 719 constructive interference for a diffraction grating, 1211, 1238 constructive interference for a double slit, 1207, 1238
contact angle, 476, 484
Contrast, 1236
contrast, 1238
Convection, 598
convection, 615
converging (or convex) lens, 1136 converging lens, 1156
converging mirror, 1156 conversion factor, 19, 29