Search results for "Absolute magnitude" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale. ... It can be shown from the laws of thermodynamics that absolute zero ...
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  • means that it is defined by properties of magnitude (size or measurability ... with both a direction and a has a magnitude) :v is the velocity function ...
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  • a small telescope), but it has an absolute magnitude of −26.7. So, from ... when discovered in 1998, given an absolute magnitude of −32.2, although ...
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  • :E is the magnitude of the electric field (measured in volts per meter ... :J is the magnitude of the current density (measured in amperes per ...
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  • agreement,] defined by two points: absolute zero and the triple point ... Absolute zero—the temperature at which nothing could be colder and ...
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  • shows the relationship between absolute magnitude, luminosity, classification ... Sun, is a red dwarf (Type M5, apparent magnitude 11.05), as are twenty of ...
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  • For gases, pressure is sometimes measured not as an absolute pressure ... is a scalar quantity—that is, it has magnitude but no particular direction ...
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  • is a pair of electric charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign, separated ... towards the positive charge, and its magnitude is equal to the strength ...
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  • and depend on the conductors' absolute temperature, material, and ... difference directly or to measure an absolute temperature by setting one ...
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  • is a vector quantity, containing both magnitude and direction. By contrast, distance is a scalar quantity, expressing only magnitude. Thus, distance ...
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  • measurable terms (in this case, absolute magnitude and color index), plot ... as corrected for distance—their absolute magnitude. For this purpose he ...
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  • common presuppositions: Given the vast magnitude of divinity, it is assumed ... of human logic to understand the sheer magnitude of divinity. In this light ...
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  • what astronomers call the absolute magnitude, is known, so that ... the quantum vacuum, up to 120 orders of magnitude too large. This would need ...
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  • force or motion applied, with order of magnitude being dependent on the ... continue to oscillate forever at the same magnitude, but in a real system there ...
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  • the list according to its elements' magnitude and then repeatedly remove ... a discrete distribution minimizes average absolute deviation. Similarly, the ...
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  • # The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the ... temperature of gases by defining the absolute boiling-point of a substance ...
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  • By definition, 1 is the magnitude or absolute value of a unit vector and a unit matrix (more usually called an identity matrix). Note that the ...
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  • there must be an actual infinite mind, an Absolute Knower, that encompasses ... presents, in place of the earlier Absolute Knower, the concept of an ...
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  • , is the quality of greatness or vast magnitude, whether physical, moral ... of a mere greater unit, but the notion of absolute greatness not inhibited ...
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  • |+Data by absolute numbers |- ! Interval !! Width !! Quantity !! Quantity/width |- | 0 || 5 || 4180 || 836 |- | 5 || 5 || 13687 || 2737 ...
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  • union envisioned by Jaspers would not be absolute sovereignty but rather a ... shift in consciousness is of a magnitude that compares to that the ...
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  • and the scale expressing the apparent magnitude of stars, to indicate their ... *In astronomy, the apparent magnitude measures the brightness of stars ...
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  • of a star, along with its visual absolute magnitude and absorption features ... Earth’s atmosphere. Intrinsic or absolute magnitude is what the apparent ...
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  • but not the weak interactions. The magnitude of flavor changing in the ... CP problem if it were massless. The absolute values of the masses are ...
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  • The magnitude of an eclipse is the ratio of the apparent size of the ... Hind and Chambers considered this absolute date more than a century ago. ...
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  • ABDC is then |AB × AC|, which is the magnitude of the cross product of ... area S can be computed as ½ times the absolute value of the determinant ...
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  • difference between two points, not absolute temperature. Their main ... oppose the original. Fortunately, the magnitude of the effect depends on ...
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  • Several approaches are used to produce absolute ethanol. The ethanol ... they are often available at low cost. Absolute ethanol produced this way ...
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  • relativity), time is considered an absolute, i.e., the time interval ... Acceleration can arise from a change with time of the magnitude of ...
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  • first clear exposition of the source and magnitude of land rents, and is among ... wine more cheaply than England (it has an absolute advantage in both commodities ...
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  • and Parvati are thought to embody an absolute state of oneness, and are ... to conceive of each other as separate, 2) absolute satisfaction in their unity ...
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  • night time sky, with a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46. It is located ... in the night sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of −0.01. This system ...
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  • function" of the amplifier, and the magnitude of the transfer function ... a condition that must be met for the absolute stability of an amplifier ...
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  • is called the vertex of the angle. The magnitude of the angle is the "amount ... and "counterclockwise" have no absolute meaning, so the direction ...
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  • as the distance traveled by light in an absolute vacuum during 1/299,792 ... "size," but which starts at absolute zero. Zero degrees Celsius ...
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  • and effect, in that view, was not an absolute law but a simple habit of ... was so dominant that no thinkers of real magnitude emerged to form a Kantian ...
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  • During the brightest full moons, the Moon can have an apparent magnitude ... of water at 273.2° K (273.2° above absolute zero). The relationship ...
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  • is the proportionality factor called the absolute viscosity (with units Pa·s ... A plot of the kinematic viscosity of air as a function of absolute ...
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  • If the absolute value of m is greater than n, then the absolute value ... * Orders of magnitude * Physical constant * Pi * Prime number ...
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  • :e is the magnitude of charge on an electron (the elementary charge) ... :T is the absolute temperature of the p-n junction == Types of semiconductor ...
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  • and gamma rays were neutral. From the magnitude of deflection, it was also ... is also a valuable tool in estimating the absolute ages of certain materials ...
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  • An absolute requirement for life is an energy source, and the notion ... Atmospheres do mitigate such effects (an absolute increase of 100 percent ...
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  • of the city's poor troubled him; the magnitude of the social questions ... holds all aspects together in absolute harmony. Christianity, in ...
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  • the concentration of GHGs increases the magnitude of this effect; the difference ... elevation of land exceeded the rise in absolute sea level. ...
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  • ! align="left" | Absolute magnitude | 4.8m |- ! align="left" | Spectral classification | G2V |- ! bgcolor="#ffffc0" ...
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  • Measurements of the redshift–magnitude relation for type Ia supernovae ... universe would asymptotically approach absolute zero—a Big Freeze. Moreover ...
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  • that all the stars of very faint absolute magnitude were of spectral class ... If we equate this to the magnitude of Eg, we find that R drops out ...
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  • such as Kim Tu-bong, clearing the way to absolute power and the creation of ... seismic monitoring center confirmed a magnitude-3.6 tremor felt at the ...
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  • With the title of governor came absolute authority in Santa María ... All this, however, did not compare to the magnitude of the discovery of the ...
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  • With its vast philosophical depth and sheer magnitude, a consummate ... an awe-inspiring glimpse of His divine absolute form. The Bhagavadgita refers ...
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