General physics

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maxima

Physics; General physics

In an interference or diffraction pattern, the places where there is the most light.

The substance that is displaced as a wave propagates through it. Air is the medium for sound waves, the string is the medium of transverse waves on a string, and water is the medium for ocean waves. ...

meson

Physics; General physics

A class of elementary particle whose mass is between that of a proton and that of an electron. A common kind of meson is the pion.

Michelson-Morley experiment

Physics; General physics

An experiment in 1879 that showed that the speed of light is constant to all observers. Einstein used the results of this experiment as support for his theory of special relativity.

minima

Physics; General physics

In an interference or diffraction pattern, the places where there is the least light.

moment of inertia

Physics; General physics

A rigid body’s resistance to being rotated. The moment of inertia for a single particle is MR 2 , where M is the mass of the rigid body and R is the distance to the rotation axis. For rigid ...