General physics

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uniform velocity

Physics; General physics

When a body travels along a straight line in particular direction and covers equal distances in equal intervals of time it is said to have uniform velocity.

Every object in the universe is attracted to every other object with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the ...

vapor

Physics; General physics

The gaseous state of a substance that is normally in the liquid state.

wave

Physics; General physics

A disturbance or oscillation that moves through a medium.

wave (mechanical)

Physics; General physics

A periodic disturbance produced in a material medium due to the vibratory motion of the particles of the medium is called a wave.

wave mechanics

Physics; General physics

Alternate name for quantum mechanics derived from the wavelike properties of subatomic particles.

absolute magnitude

Physics; General physics

A classification scheme, which compensates for the distance, differences to stars. It calculates the brightness that stars would appear to have if they were all at a defined, standard distance of 10 ...