General physics

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plastic strain

Physics; General physics

An adjustment to stress in which materials become molded or bent out of shape under stress and do not return to their original shape after the stress is released.

fahrenheit scale of temperature

Physics; General physics

On the Fahrenheit scale, the ice point, the ice point (lower fixed point) is taken as 32? F and the steam point (upper fixed point) is taken as 212 deg F. The interval between these two points is ...

polarized

Physics; General physics

Light whose constituent transverse waves are all vibrating in the same plane; also known as planepolarized light.

first law of motion

Physics; General physics

Every object remains at rest or in a state of uniform straight-line motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force.

polaroid

Physics; General physics

A film that transmits only polarized light.

Force is a push or pull which tends to change the state of rest or of uniform motion , the direction of motion, or the shape and size of a body. Force is a vector quantity. The SI unit of force is ...