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traveling waves
Physics; General physics
A wave with wave crests that propagate down the length of the medium, in contrast to stationary standing waves. The velocity at which a crest propagates is called the wave speed.
uncertainty principle
Physics; General physics
A principle derived by Werner Heisenberg in 1927 that tells us that we can never know both the position and the momentum of a particle at any given time.
universal gas constant
Physics; General physics
Represented by R = 8.31 J/mol • K, the universal gas constant fits into the ideal gas law so as to relate temperature to the average kinetic energy of gas molecules.
vector
Physics; General physics
A vector quantity, or vector, is an object possessing, and fully described by, a magnitude and a direction. Graphically a vector is depicted as an arrow with its magnitude given by the length of the ...
wave speed
Physics; General physics
The speed at which a wave crest or trough propagates. Note that this is not the speed at which the actual medium (like the stretched string or the air particles) moves.
