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- to prevent fraud. However, units of measurement are now generally ... * Units of measurement * Uncertainty principle * Volume ...18 KB (2,732 words) - 14:42, 5 December 2023
- Photochemistry, a sub-discipline of chemistry, is the study of the ... known as photochemical reactions. Examples of photochemical reactions are ...4 KB (569 words) - 04:25, 24 November 2022
- SI Units are the most widely used system of units. They are the most ... system; however, not all metric units of measurement are accepted as SI ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 18:28, 22 December 2022
- In the physical sciences, the weight of an object is a measurement ... Recognition of the difference between weight and mass is a relatively ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 23:26, 3 May 2023
- :This article describes the unit of angle. A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually ...6 KB (932 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- The speed of an object is the rate of motion of the object, or the ... The term velocity is used when one combines the speed of a moving ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- The atomic mass (ma) is the mass of a single atom, when the atom is ... == Clarification of terminology == The atomic mass should be distinguished ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 06:26, 21 August 2023
- Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating ... == Definition and units == For cyclical processes, such as rotation ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- Distance is a numerical description of the separation between objects ... are important for various fields of work, such as surveying, aircraft ...18 KB (2,703 words) - 15:29, 29 January 2024
- out") is a parameter or measure of spatial characteristics of ... that must be expressed in units of measurement, and quantities obtained ...16 KB (2,438 words) - 15:22, 29 January 2024
- variously as AU, au, a.u. or ua) is a unit of length roughly equal to the ... The astronomical unit was originally defined as the length of the ...8 KB (1,072 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- In physics, force is defined as the rate of change of momentum of ... == Units of Measurement == The SI unit used to measure force is the ...15 KB (2,438 words) - 01:41, 6 September 2022
- In physics, thermal conductivity, k, is the property of a material ... Conduction is the most significant means of heat transfer in a solid ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- The metric system is a decimalized system of measurement based on ... One goal of the metric system is to have a single unit for any physical ...26 KB (4,128 words) - 16:28, 9 November 2022
- endpoint. The endpoint is called the vertex of the angle. The magnitude of ... constant k (which depends on the units of measurement that are chosen): ...20 KB (3,182 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- Vapor pressure (or vapour pressure) is the pressure of a vapor in ... is used to mean the partial pressure of water vapor in the atmosphere ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- is a device for measuring weight, often of a person. Balances measure ... balance) is used to measure the mass of an object. In its conventional ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 18:33, 17 April 2023
- perpendicular to that surface) per unit area of the surface. If the force is ... Our understanding of the concept of pressure and our ability to manipulate ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- , a German physicist who did most of his work in the Netherlands ... On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees ...13 KB (1,850 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- value, does not directly involve any physical measurement. ... is accomplished by defining the units of measurement in such a way that ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- to indicate that certain properties of a part of nature (such as a ... The investigation of properties, whether isotropic or anisotropic ...5 KB (748 words) - 21:30, 7 February 2023
- nothing could be colder. The unit increment of the Kelvin scale is the kelvin ... It can be shown from the laws of thermodynamics that absolute zero ...15 KB (2,316 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- The degree Celsius is also a unit increment of temperature for use in indicating ... temperature measurements by most countries of the world and by the entire ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, ... It also compares these observations to studies of ancient sedimentary ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- A number written in decimal notation involves the use of one or more ... apparent when compared with the system of using Roman numerals. The decimal ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- Mass, in classical mechanics, is the measure of an object's resistance ... Probing into the depths of classical mechanics, physicists have conceptualized ...19 KB (3,055 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- called the x-coordinate and the y-coordinate of the point. To define the coordinates ... where it is common to not use any units of measurement. In physics, it is ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- Electrical conductivity or specific conductivity is a measure of a ... Conductivity is the reciprocal (inverse) of electrical resistivity ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert ... steels, and the mineral lodestone (an oxide of iron). Objects with such properties ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- pH is a measure of the acidity and the basicity/alkalinity of a solution ... is dictated by the dissociation constant of water (Kw = 1.011 × 10−14 ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 15:20, 29 August 2023
- In classical physics, free space, sometimes called the vacuum of free ... ==Properties of free space== Free space is characterized by the defined ...15 KB (2,209 words) - 19:32, 8 October 2022
- action come in quanta, that is, in discrete units. While one can detect an ... Thus, in quantum physics, the outcome of even an ideal measurement ...26 KB (4,014 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- if both can be measured in the same unit of measurement. For example, a ... In the philosophy of science, two theories are said to be incommensurable ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- electric voltage and vice versa. On the measurement-scale of everyday life ... them or cook them. Because the direction of heating and cooling is determined ...25 KB (3,886 words) - 18:30, 30 April 2023
- ==Evolution of the glyph== like an uppercase H with the bottom half of the left line and the upper ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology ... precise method of determining the units of measurement used in constructing ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 10:34, 11 May 2023
- water, air, or mercury. From the variation of air pressure, one can forecast ... This concept of "decreasing atmospheric pressure predicts stormy ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 08:09, 20 September 2023
- quot;) is a general term for the variety of phenomena resulting from the ... Human ability to harness electricity is one of the keys for the establishment ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- two drainage basins; that is, the ridge of high land or boundary separating ... People live particular watersheds (in the sense of drainage basin ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- Genotype is the genetic makeup (set of genes) of an individual organism ... dynamic, and constantly changing collection of proteins that interacts with ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 08:02, 23 January 2023
- Genome is one complete set of hereditary information that characterizes ... genetic content stored on a complete set of nuclear DNA (i.e., the "nuclear ...18 KB (2,592 words) - 15:43, 11 February 2023
- was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who contributed ... with strong convictions, but was tolerant of those with other views. His ...24 KB (3,635 words) - 06:45, 5 April 2024
- A vacuum is a volume of space that is essentially empty of matter ... The quality of a vacuum is measured by how closely it approaches a ...37 KB (5,624 words) - 20:38, 21 April 2020
- Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deform under ... The study of viscosity is known as rheology. ==Etymology== ...36 KB (5,462 words) - 20:38, 3 May 2023
- and military engineer whose formulation of the laws on the theoretical ... Although Carnot operated outside the mainstream of the scientific ...15 KB (2,378 words) - 23:36, 14 November 2022
- is commonly regarded as the fundamental unit of counting and measurement. For ... known as the "identity element" of multiplication (or multiplicative ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- Concepts are the categorization of objects, events, or people that ... at least, if not other species, are capable of concept formation, and computers ...32 KB (5,041 words) - 02:42, 8 January 2024
- difference between our experience of time and space. Modern physics ... The basic property of spacetime is 'the metric' that describes ...28 KB (4,269 words) - 19:16, 17 August 2023
- such as lamps and natural illumination of interiors with daylight. Lighting ... Lighting fixtures come in a wide variety of styles for various functions ...20 KB (3,109 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points in a plane ... into an interior and exterior. The interior of the circle is called a disk. ...14 KB (2,241 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- Advanced FES systems have rotors made of high strength carbon-composite ... A typical system consists of a rotor suspended by bearings inside ...17 KB (2,549 words) - 06:12, 1 April 2024
- Lavender is the common name for any of the various plants of the flowering ... While the flowers of the lavender serve the plant's need of reproduction ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 17:55, 25 October 2022
- In physics, there are two kinds of dipoles (from the Greek terms di ... dipole is produced by a closed circuit of electric current. ...20 KB (3,037 words) - 15:26, 29 January 2024
- is the oldest and most fundamental branch of mathematics. It is used by ... In common usage, arithmetic refers to a branch of mathematics that ...35 KB (4,898 words) - 02:39, 15 August 2023
- to generate and receive the sound. The study of underwater sound is known as ... There are two kinds of sonar — active and passive. The frequencies ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- that sounds after each set interval of time. The sound could be the ... The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, requiring a physical ...26 KB (3,970 words) - 22:10, 7 January 2024
- to magnify the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum experiments to the ... and Georgine Emilia Brenda (daughter of Alexander Bauer, Professor ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 21:27, 20 March 2024
- The kinetic energy of an object is the extra energy it possesses due ... has kinetic energy in the reference frame of this observer, but the same ...22 KB (3,694 words) - 14:17, 5 October 2022
- Piezoelectricity is the ability of some materials (notably crystals ... in response to applied mechanical stress. This may take the form of ...25 KB (3,464 words) - 06:13, 24 November 2022
- Measures of national income and output are used in economics to measure ... to its history, and may provide comparisons of economies in different countries ...33 KB (5,148 words) - 19:46, 7 July 2023
- In business, administration consists of the performance or management ... schools” began offering a Master of Business Administration (MBA ...13 KB (1,727 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- with chemical explosives. Other methods of causing explosions include ... unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied ...41 KB (6,258 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- Georg Simmel (March 1, 1858 – September 28, 1918) was one of the ... social groupings were no more than the sum of their parts, a view that is ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 08:04, 23 January 2023
- The equator is the intersection of the Earth's surface with the ... hemispheres and providing an important point of calculation, for the sea-going ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 07:25, 6 September 2023
- 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from ... his prime minister Lǐ Sī passed a series of major reforms aimed at cementing ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 2023
- function, microphones may be based on any of several principles, including ... microphone, the diaphragm acts as one plate of a capacitor, and the vibrations ...49 KB (7,389 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- Magnetic fields, which are measured in the units of Teslas (T), vary widely ... and mass spectrometers use the effects of magnetic fields for studying ...54 KB (8,712 words) - 10:50, 9 March 2023
- Fuzzy logic, when construed in a wider sense, is the theory of fuzzy ... When construed in a narrower sense, fuzzy logic is an extension of ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 07:24, 15 April 2024
- A thermostat is a device for regulating the temperature of a system ... Thermostats can be constructed in many ways and may use a variety ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 18:31, 30 April 2023
- as referring to the happiness or well being of individuals. Utilitarianism ... back to Plato and ancient Greek discussions of eudaimonia. The most important ...37 KB (5,971 words) - 13:49, 3 May 2023
- In physics, surface tension is an effect within the surface layer ... ==The cause of surface tension== [[Image:WassermoleküleInTröpfchen ...28 KB (4,404 words) - 23:53, 26 February 2023
- pedagogy emphasized the importance of an environment that supports ... All of the material was based on SI units of measurement (the International ...21 KB (3,176 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the nineteenth century widely ... father was Dr. James Thomson, a professor of mathematics at the Royal Academical ...36 KB (5,321 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- Naphtha is a name given to several mixtures of liquid hydrocarbons ... The origin of the word naphtha is unclear. It was an ancient Greek ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 01:20, 11 November 2022
- the symbol. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over ... are called numerical operations. The study of numerical operations is called ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned ... A typical geotechnical engineering project begins with a review of ...29 KB (4,284 words) - 02:56, 30 November 2022
- staff and equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital ... In accordance with the original meaning of the word, hospitals were ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- direction. Thus, the diode can be thought of as an electronic version of ... Diodes are extremely useful devices for a variety of applications ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around ... to orbit in a plane containing our line of sight, they will eclipse each ...43 KB (6,669 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- refers to any engine used for the discharge of large projectiles in war. The ... century an artillier referred to a builder of any war equipment, and for ...76 KB (11,884 words) - 17:42, 16 August 2023
- to any stimulus that excites our sense of hearing. The cause of sound ... sounds provides us with an important mode of perception of our environment ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 15:34, 4 February 2023
- A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma that is held together ... ==Units of measurement== Most stellar parameters are expressed in SI ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
- There are two main classes of objects: non-living objects that are ... This class of matter includes individuals with the capability of reproducing ...36 KB (5,345 words) - 01:14, 18 November 2022
- changes, usually increases, the amplitude of a signal. The "signal ... A related device that emphasizes conversion of signals of one type ...18 KB (2,580 words) - 09:26, 18 June 2021
- civilization is the Harappan Civilization of the Indus Valley, in reference ... and technological development, and no sign of slavery or exploitation of ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Although this ... because in humans the upper limit pitch of hearing tends to become lower ...27 KB (3,908 words) - 11:29, 18 April 2023
- the proper fuel/air mixture for a wide range of engine-operating conditions ... Bánki in 1893. Frederick William Lanchester of Birmingham, England experimented ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- Frank Albert Fetter (March 8, 1863 – 1949) was an American economist ... on March 8, 1863, in the farming community of Peru in north-central Indiana ...21 KB (3,304 words) - 05:01, 9 April 2024
- telegraphy traffic. Subsequent generations of cables carried telephone traffic ... their working telegraph in 1839, the idea of a submarine line across the ...19 KB (2,734 words) - 21:23, 26 February 2023
- by one or more horizontal rotors—each of which comprises two or more ... Their range is subject only to availability of a refueling site and limitations ...42 KB (6,643 words) - 23:04, 3 February 2022
- refer to a road tractor. Other common uses of the term include the lawn tractor ... to drive mechanical farm machinery by way of a flexible belt. Around 1850 ...28 KB (4,353 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- a waveguide. Fiber optics is the overlap of applied science and engineering ... The term optical fiber covers a range of different designs including ...31 KB (4,772 words) - 00:56, 18 November 2022
- from the Latin fractus, broken) is a concept of a proportional relation between ... 2800 B.C.E. as Ancient Indus Valley units of measurement. The Egyptians used ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 14:36, 22 January 2023
- A ballistic vest is an item of protective clothing that absorbs impacts ... Ballistic vests use layers of very strong fiber to catch and deform ...58 KB (9,062 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- white luster that can take a high degree of polish. Along with copper and ... electronic products. The nitrate and halides of silver are valuable in photography ...20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- radiation that falls on it, without any of the radiation passing through ... When heated, the black body becomes an ideal source of thermal radiation ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- The term Barbarian does not derive from the name of any tribe or cultural ... to be the basis of certain units of measurement in the United States ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- as a modification of Newtonian physics. It was created to deal with ... Einstein postulated that the speed of light is the same for all observers ...42 KB (6,653 words) - 19:12, 7 February 2023
- In physical cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy ... Regular ("baryonic") matter, made of electrons and quarks; (b) dark ...26 KB (3,829 words) - 22:20, 25 January 2024
- In mathematics, the logarithm (or log) of a number x in base b is ... In general terms, if x = b'n, then the logarithm of x in base ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 20:58, 3 November 2022
