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Moment (physics) (2,893 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

distance from the reference point to the object. In principle, any physical quantity can be multiplied by a distance to produce a moment. Commonly used
Heat loss due to linear thermal bridging (176 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to linear thermal bridging ( H T B {\displaystyle H_{TB}} ) is a physical quantity used when calculating the energy performance of buildings. It appears
Plane wave (1,121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In physics, a plane wave is a special case of wave or field: a physical quantity whose value, at any moment, is constant through any plane that is perpendicular
Scalar field (1,111 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
either be a pure mathematical number (dimensionless) or a scalar physical quantity (with units). In a physical context, scalar fields are required to
Material derivative (1,919 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the material derivative describes the time rate of change of some physical quantity (like heat or momentum) of a material element that is subjected to
Momentum operator (2,031 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
canonical momentum, which is not gauge invariant and not a measurable physical quantity for charged particles in an electromagnetic field. In that case, the
Moseley's law (1,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
periodic table and was not known to be associated with any measurable physical quantity. In brief, the law states that the square root of the frequency of
Equivalent dose (1,694 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
radiation-induced cancer and genetic damage. It is derived from the physical quantity absorbed dose, but also takes into account the biological effectiveness
Quantum superposition (6,036 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
observable associated to the physical quantity. It has the property that the eigenvalues and eigenvectors determine the physical quantity and the states which
Sound intensity (1,578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
location as a sound energy quantity. Sound intensity is not the same physical quantity as sound pressure. Human hearing is sensitive to sound pressure which
Sievert (6,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
To calculate the value of stochastic health risk in sieverts, the physical quantity absorbed dose is converted into equivalent dose and effective dose
Digital signal (1,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
possible states are called three-valued logic. In a digital signal, the physical quantity representing the information may be a variable electric current or
Signal (3,504 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
considered to be the sequence of codes represented by such a physical quantity. The physical quantity may be a variable electric current or voltage, the intensity
Optical spectrometer (1,768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
variable is usually the wavelength of the light or a closely derived physical quantity, such as the corresponding wavenumber or the photon energy, in units
Damping (2,721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
engineering, structural engineering, and electrical engineering. The physical quantity that is oscillating varies greatly, and could be the swaying of a
Setpoint (control system) (526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
using negative feedback for automatic control. A setpoint can be any physical quantity or parameter that a control system seeks to regulate, such as temperature
History of energy (1,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
some years whether energy was a substance (the caloric) or merely a physical quantity.[full citation needed] The development of steam engines [when?] required
Pseudotensor (1,014 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pseudotensor quantity according to the second definition. Action (physics) – Physical quantity of dimension energy × time Conservation law – Scientific law regarding
Administrative-command system (805 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and shortages. Stalin's formulations of national plans in terms of physical quantity of output was also attributed by Daniels as a source for the stagnant
Continuum mechanics (7,426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
three causes: the physical quantity itself flows through the surface that bounds the volume, there is a source of the physical quantity on the surface of
Ampere-turn (344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
through a coil of 10 turns produces an MMF of 20 A⋅t. The corresponding physical quantity is N⋅I, the product of the number of turns, N, and the current, I;
Correlated double sampling (186 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unknown condition to generate a value with a known relation to the physical quantity being measured. This is commonly used in switched-capacitor operational
Gravitational field (1,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
equivalence principle. In classical mechanics, a gravitational field is a physical quantity. A gravitational field can be defined using Newton's law of universal
Negentropy (1,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
for a proof). In particular, it is always nonnegative. There is a physical quantity closely linked to free energy (free enthalpy), with a unit of entropy
Specific force (431 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unit mass. S F = F / m {\displaystyle \mathrm {SF} =F/m} It is a physical quantity of kind acceleration, with dimension of length per time squared and
Drainage density (4,399 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Drainage density is a quantity used to describe physical parameters of a drainage basin. First described by Robert E. Horton, drainage density is defined
Coenergy (789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In physics and engineering, Coenergy (or co-energy) is a non-physical quantity, measured in energy units, used in theoretical analysis of energy in physical
B₀ (179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Although in physics and mathematics the notation to represent a physical quantity can be arbitrary, it is generally accepted in the literature, such
Molecular conductance (608 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\displaystyle G=I/V} ), or the conductance of a single molecule, is a physical quantity in molecular electronics. Molecular conductance is dependent on the
Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox (5,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
certainty (i.e., with probability equal to unity) the value of a physical quantity, then there exists an element of reality corresponding to that quantity
Gold holdings of Norway (556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
related to Norges Bank's foreign-exchange reserves as well as the physical quantity of gold owned by the same central bank. During the eras of the gold
Process tomography (344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
process pipes in industry. In tomography the 3D distribution of some physical quantity in the object is determined. There is a widespread need to get tomographic
Normal contact stiffness (196 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Normal contact stiffness is a physical quantity related to the generalized force displacement behavior of rough surfaces in contact with a rigid body
Renormalization (8,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
observed (experimental) values. That is, the experimental value of the physical quantity yields practical applications, but due to their empirical nature the
Analog-to-digital converter (5,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
converts from the analog physical quantity of a capacitance. That capacitance could be a proxy for some other physical quantity, such as the distance some
Quantum sensor (2,463 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
has quantized energy levels, uses quantum coherence to measure a physical quantity, or uses entanglement to improve measurements beyond what can be done
Quantum mechanics (12,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(wave–particle duality), and there are limits to how accurately the value of a physical quantity can be predicted prior to its measurement, given a complete set of
ZMP INC. (405 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
PINO in 2001. The company's name comes from the Zero Moment Point, a physical quantity related to the dynamics of legged systems. More recently, they released
Relativistic mechanics (5,028 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
SR shows that these concepts are all different aspects of the same physical quantity in much the same way that it shows space and time to be interrelated
Bifurcation diagram (594 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Consider a system of differential equations that describes some physical quantity, that for concreteness could represent one of three examples: 1. the
Conversion of units (2,733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
value of one, multiplying any physical quantity by such a conversion factor (which is 1) does not change that physical quantity. 52.8 f t s = 52.8 f t s 1
Mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics (8,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the possible results are quantized. Postulate II.a Every measurable physical quantity A {\displaystyle {\mathcal {A}}} is described by a Hermitian operator
Planck units (6,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
quantity. If, by a shorthand convention, it is understood that each physical quantity is the corresponding ratio with a coherent Planck unit (or "expressed
Zeroth law of thermodynamics (2,714 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
page 1 that "every physical quantity must be measurable in numerical terms". They presume that temperature is a physical quantity and then deduce the
Hidden-variable theory (3,551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unity) the value of a physical quantity, then there exists an element of physical reality corresponding to this physical quantity. [Italics in original]
Analog device (405 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
being solved. More generally an analog computer uses one kind of physical quantity to represent the behavior of another physical system, or mathematical
Electric-field integral equation (1,304 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
freedom in its choice, then it should not be interpreted as a real physical quantity. After all, if we can freely choose ∇ ⋅ A {\displaystyle \nabla \cdot
Fishfinder (1,802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of electro-acoustic transducer Sensor – Converter that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal Sonar – Acoustic sensing method Hodges
Ampere (1,534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ampere, mole, and candela representing seven fundamental types of physical quantity, or "dimensions", (time, length, mass, temperature, electric current
Tensor density (3,462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(even) authentic tensor densities of weight 0. Action (physics) – Physical quantity of dimension energy × time Conservation law – Scientific law regarding
Sign convention (592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Agreed-upon meaning of a physical quantity being positive or negative
Electro-optical sensor (630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sensor converts light rays into electronic signals. It measures the physical quantity of light and then translates it into a form readable by an instrument
Angular acceleration (1,498 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity
Dimension (disambiguation) (383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
dimensions Dimension (metadata), in information science Dimension (physical quantity), the basic quantities measured (length, time, ...) Dell Dimension
Continuity equation (4,739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
equation", because j in those cases does not represent the flow of a real physical quantity. In the case that q is a conserved quantity that cannot be created
Specific quantity (1,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reciprocal of density Volume-specific quantity, the quotient of a physical quantity and volume ("per unit volume"), also called volumic quantities: Specific
Magnetization (1,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity, density of magnetic moment per volume
Pseudovector (4,080 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
'\right|} . If the magnitude of v3 were to describe a measurable physical quantity, that would mean that the laws of physics would not appear the same
Specific energy (1,350 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity representing energy content per unit mass
Accuracy and precision (2,843 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
measurement resolution, which is the smallest change in the underlying physical quantity that produces a response in the measurement. In numerical analysis
Data (2,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
computer represents a datum as a voltage, distance, position, or other physical quantity. A digital computer represents a piece of data as a sequence of symbols
Atmospheric temperature (1,319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity that expresses hot and cold in the atmosphere
Curie (unit) (793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
of radioactive atoms. Because the probability of decay is a fixed physical quantity, for a known number of atoms of a particular radionuclide, a predictable
Wave function collapse (2,701 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
measurement. [citation needed] In quantum mechanics each measurable physical quantity of a quantum system is called an observable which, for example, could
Viewing cone (1,680 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the polar coordinate system of fig. 4 can be assigned a (scalar) physical quantity, e.g. luminance, contrast, etc.. This quantity can then be represented
Sensor (3,169 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Converter that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal
Sensor (3,169 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Converter that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal
Landau derivative (442 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
after Lev Landau who introduced it in 1942, refers to a dimensionless physical quantity characterizing the curvature of the isentrope drawn on the specific
System equivalence (932 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
important idea is the flux, or rate of transfer of some important physical quantity considered (like electric or magnetic fluxes). In these sorts of systems
Piezoelectric sensor (1,918 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
applies the forces. Sensors often tend to be sensitive to more than one physical quantity. Pressure sensors show false signal when they are exposed to vibrations
Coherence (units of measurement) (2,730 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
non-coherent derived unit, with 1 mps = 3.6 m/s. A definition of a physical quantity is a statement that determines the ratio of any two instances of the
Sodium in biology (2,777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
biology – Use of Magnesium by organisms Membrane potential – Type of physical quantity Potassium in biology – Use of Potassium by organisms Selenium in biology –
Potassium in biology (3,022 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
biology – Use of Magnesium by organisms Membrane potential – Type of physical quantity Selenium in biology – Use of Selenium by organisms Sodium in biology –
Perturbation theory (2,933 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
, the trajectory of a particle), the statistical average of some physical quantity (e.g., average magnetization), and the ground state energy of a quantum
Vector calculus (2,078 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
point in a space. The scalar is a mathematical number representing a physical quantity. Examples of scalar fields in applications include the temperature
Related rates (1,674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sliding down the wall at a rate of 9/4 meters per second. Because one physical quantity often depends on another, which, in turn depends on others, such as
Normal (geometry) (2,452 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
embeddingPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Pseudovector – Physical quantity that changes sign with improper rotation Tangential and normal components
Copenhagen interpretation (9,755 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
generally maintained the principle that the numerical value of a physical quantity is not meaningful or does not exist until it is measured.: 248  Prominent
Action (physics) (3,074 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Physical quantity of dimension energy × time
Metric system (4,588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
substance. These, together with their derived units, can measure any physical quantity. Derived units may have their own unit name, such as the watt (J/s)
Vortex (3,739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fluid mechanics Quantum vortex – Quantized flux circulation of some physical quantity Rankine vortex – Mathematical formula for viscous fluid Shower-curtain
Mass concentration (astronomy) (1,700 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
GRACE satellites. Mascons are often reported in terms of a derived physical quantity called "equivalent water thickness", "equivalent water height", or
Flux linkage (864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity of circuits related to magnetic flux, voltage and current
Group velocity (3,490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity
Gaussian units (2,600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unit of electrical charge (1 coulomb = 1 ampere × 1 second) is a physical quantity that cannot be expressed purely in terms of the mechanical units (kilogram
Single-particle spectrum (70 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The single-particle spectrum is a distribution of a physical quantity such as energy or momentum. The study of particle spectra allows us to see the global
Digital-to-analog converter (2,579 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
finite-precision number (usually a fixed-point binary number) into a physical quantity (e.g., a voltage or a pressure). In particular, DACs are often used
Cold filter plugging point (327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity
Content analysis (3,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
measurable——typically on an interval or ratio scale——especially a continuous physical quantity, then such targets usually are not listed among those needing the
Model selection (2,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Model selection techniques can be considered as estimators of some physical quantity, such as the probability of the model producing the given data. The
Kinetic energy (5,960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
kinetic energy would be dissipated through friction as heat. Like any physical quantity that is a function of velocity, the kinetic energy of an object depends
Lignite (3,744 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
station in Mississippi, US Orders of magnitude (specific energy) – Physical quantity representing energy content per unit massPages displaying short descriptions
Introduction to general relativity (9,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
relativity, mass and energy are two different ways of describing one physical quantity. If a physical system has energy, it also has the corresponding mass
Pantur Silaban (590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
principle of General Relativity using the Poincare Group to find a physical quantity that is conserved in gravitational radiation. These findings confirmed
Dosimetry (2,652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stochastic health risk, calculations are performed to convert the physical quantity absorbed dose into equivalent and effective doses, the details of
Relative biological effectiveness (1,832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
essentially 1. For other radiation types, the RBE is not a well-defined physical quantity, since it varies somewhat with the type of tissue and with the precise
Dipole (3,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is the atomic number of the i th nucleus. The dipole observable (physical quantity) has the quantum mechanical dipole operator:[citation needed] p =
Electrical element (2,232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the time integral of voltage, but whether or not that represents a physical quantity depends on the nature of the voltage source. For a voltage generated
Critical exponent (2,211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the critical temperature Tc. We want to describe the behavior of a physical quantity f in terms of a power law around the critical temperature; we introduce
Yaneer Bar-Yam (2,637 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of structure and function, the representation of information as a physical quantity, and quantitative properties of the complexity of real systems. Applications
Sensor Observation Service (711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which are jointly offered by a service. Phenomenon A ~ is a property (physical quantity) of a geoobject. Examples are air temperature, wind velocity, pollutant
On Sizes and Distances (Hipparchus) (3,021 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
remarkable accomplishment. This approach of setting limits on an unknown physical quantity was not new to Hipparchus (see Aristarchus of Samos. Archimedes also
Gamma ray (7,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
damage that is certain to happen. These effects are compared to the physical quantity absorbed dose measured by the unit gray (Gy).: 61  When gamma radiation
Quantum state (6,046 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vectors in a separable complex Hilbert space, while each measurable physical quantity (such as the energy or momentum of a particle) is associated with
Thermodynamic system (4,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
settled subject. One reason for this is the existence of a well defined physical quantity called 'the entropy of a body'. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, as
Amount of substance (3,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(O) has a mass of about 16 grams. The quotient of some extensive physical quantity of a homogeneous sample by its amount of substance is an intensive
Energy flow (ecology) (3,540 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
interconnection of food chains Ecological stoichiometry Energy – Physical quantity Lindeman RL (1942). "The Trophic-Dynamic Aspect of Ecology" (PDF)
Absement (1,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
controllers are controllers that work on a signal that is proportional to a physical quantity (e.g. displacement, proportional to position) and its integral(s)
Mean inter-particle distance (951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity
Material Product System (1,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accounts argue that by providing a lot of detail about the value and physical quantity of tangible products produced, but very little detail about those
Displacement current (3,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity in electromagnetism
Negative feedback (5,135 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. p. 1. In a simple feedback system a specific physical quantity is being controlled, and control is brought about by making an actual
Economic planning (4,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and shortages. Stalin's formulations of national plans in terms of physical quantity of output was also attributed by Daniels as a source for the stagnant
List of equations in gravitation (508 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the region considered to one position, centre of gravity is a real physical quantity, the point of a body where the gravitational force acts. They are
Ocean temperature (4,900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity that expresses hot and cold in ocean water
Kubo formula (1,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hamiltonian H 0 {\displaystyle H_{0}} . The expectation value of a physical quantity at equilibrium temperature T {\displaystyle T} , described by the
Thermometer (6,298 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A thermometer is called primary or secondary based on how the raw physical quantity it measures is mapped to a temperature. As summarized by Kauppinen
Central processing unit (11,315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
binary form, with each digit being represented by some two-valued physical quantity such as a "high" or "low" voltage. Related to numeric representation
Rankine–Hugoniot conditions (3,998 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Consider a 1D situation where there is a jump in the scalar conserved physical quantity w {\displaystyle w} , which is governed by integral conservation law
Yang–Mills theory (4,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1915 when his colleague Emmy Noether proved that every conserved physical quantity has a matching symmetry, and culminated in 1928 when he published
Planned economy (6,036 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and shortages. Stalin's formulations of national plans in terms of physical quantity of output was also attributed by Daniels as a source for the stagnant
Tidal locking (5,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to be tidally locked. Conservation of angular momentum – Conserved physical quantity; rotational analogue of linear momentumPages displaying short descriptions
Stevens's power law (1,328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which generally involves subjects altering the magnitude of one physical quantity, such as the brightness of a light, so that its perceived intensity
Scientific law (5,615 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a system of many particles, is described by a wavefunction. Every physical quantity is described by an operator acting on the system; the measured quantity
Skyrmion (3,125 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Levi-Civita symbol (equivalently, the Hodge star, in this context). As a physical quantity, this can be interpreted as the baryon current; it is conserved: ∂
Centimetre–gram–second system of units (3,468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to M1/2L1/2. Hence, neither charge nor current is an independent physical quantity in the CGS-EMU system. All electromagnetic units in the CGS-EMU system
Effective dose (radiation) (2,049 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
absorption properties of the irradiated object. Absorbed dose is a physical quantity, and is not a satisfactory indicator of biological effect, so to allow
Variable speed of light (2,598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ħ = h/(2π), 4πε0, and kB take the value one, resulting in every physical quantity being normalized against its corresponding Planck unit. For that,
Selenium in biology (4,442 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
biology – Use of Magnesium by organisms Membrane potential – Type of physical quantity Potassium in biology – Use of Potassium by organisms Selenium yeast –
Glossary of industrial automation (1,469 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
value of a variable by a physical quantity that is considered to be continuously variable, the magnitude of the physical quantity being made directly proportional
Albert Einstein (22,368 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
certainty (i.e., with probability equal to unity) the value of a physical quantity, then there exists an element of reality corresponding to that quantity
Standard atomic weight (3,353 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
measured by weighing (that is by gravimetric analysis) and the name of a physical quantity should not change simply because the method of its determination has
Adiabatic theorem (4,534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the adiabatic evolution is cyclic, then γ n ( t ) {\displaystyle \gamma _{n}(t)} becomes a gauge-invariant physical quantity, known as the Berry phase.
Phase transition (6,465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
η, are defined, examining the power law behavior of a measurable physical quantity near the phase transition. Exponents are related by scaling relations
Resonance (chemistry) (5,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the computational methods used and does not represent a measurable physical quantity, although comparisons of resonance energies computed under similar
Plate tectonics (13,617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Earth's surface Conservation of angular momentum – Conserved physical quantity; rotational analogue of linear momentumPages displaying short descriptions
Metrology (5,782 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
experiment with a defined relationship to a unit of measurement of a physical quantity. Standards are the fundamental reference for a system of weights and
Ensemble (mathematical physics) (3,963 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
from ensemble to ensemble. However, the mean obtained for a given physical quantity does not depend on the ensemble chosen at the thermodynamic limit
Power law scheme (637 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
number is defined to be the ratio of the rate of convection of a physical quantity by the flow to the rate of diffusion of the same quantity driven by
Convolution (8,516 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
surrounding kernels. For any given particle i {\displaystyle i} , some physical quantity A i {\displaystyle A_{i}} is calculated as a convolution of A j {\displaystyle
Hele-Shaw flow (1,327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hele-Shaw channel, one can define the depth-averaged version of any physical quantity, say φ {\displaystyle \varphi } by ⟨ φ ⟩ ≡ 1 h ∫ 0 h φ d z . {\displaystyle
Post-glacial rebound (5,382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
landform Physical impacts of climate change Stress (mechanics) – Physical quantity that expresses internal forces in a continuous material Isostatic
History of string theory (4,181 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
defined far away from the experimental chamber, still works. The physical quantity he proposed as fundamental is the quantum mechanical amplitude for
Acceleration voltage (985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
particle with optimal phase to the applied field, and is the relevant physical quantity. A quantity named transit time factor T ( β ) = | V ∥ | V 0 {\displaystyle
National Electricity Market (2,893 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(typically an electricity retailer) agrees to purchase a specified physical quantity of energy from the spot market at a set price (the “strike price”)
Directional derivative (4,795 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Differential Geometry Material derivative – Time rate of change of some physical quantity of a material element in a velocity field Structure tensor – Tensor
Anyon (5,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
redirect targets Quantum vortex – Quantized flux circulation of some physical quantity Random matrix – Matrix-valued random variable Topological defect –
Dark energy (9,668 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
other objects just as its mass density does. This happens because the physical quantity that causes matter to generate gravitational effects is the stress–energy
Thermal de Broglie wavelength (1,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity of ideal and quantum gases
Astropy (1,350 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gridded and tabular data as multidimensional arrays or tables Unit and physical quantity conversions Physical constants specific to astronomy Celestial coordinate
Momentum (9,778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
t}}+\mathbf {v} \cdot {\boldsymbol {\nabla }}\,.} Applied to any physical quantity, the material derivative includes the rate of change at a point and
Ionization energy (5,883 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
circumstances, the adiabatic ionization energy is often a more interesting physical quantity since it describes the difference in energy between the two potential
Cauchy stress tensor (8,309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
point under consideration. However, the stress tensor itself is a physical quantity and as such, it is independent of the coordinate system chosen to
LC circuit (5,471 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sinusoidal alternating current. Since the electric current I is a physical quantity, it must be real-valued. As a result, it can be shown that the constants
Wave (7,928 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
number. The value of F ( x , t ) {\displaystyle F(x,t)} can be any physical quantity of interest assigned to the point x {\displaystyle x} that may vary
Mass–energy equivalence (12,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
energy can be seen as two names for the same underlying, conserved physical quantity. He has stated that the laws of conservation of energy and conservation
Resacralization of nature (2,876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
symbolist spirit, which sees nature's spiritual quality as well as its physical quantity. This spirit connects people with nature and binds the natural with
Scientific Revolution (13,334 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
local speed and other aspects of life. The actual measurement of a physical quantity, and the comparison of that measurement to a value computed on the
Spacetime diagram (6,004 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
often labeled by ct. This changes the dimension of the addressed physical quantity from <Time> to <Length>, in accordance with the dimension associated
Introduction to quantum mechanics (7,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
certainty (i.e., with probability equal to unity) the value of a physical quantity, then there exists an element of reality corresponding to that quantity
Modelica (2,620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
String. Typically, user-defined types are derived, to associate physical quantity, unit, nominal values, and other attributes: type Voltage =
Magnetometer (9,367 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
immunoassay – Diagnostic immunoassay using magnetic beads Magnetization – Physical quantity, density of magnetic moment per volume Magnetogram (disambiguation)
Outline of robotics (4,950 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
– Sensors – (also called detector) is a converter that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or
Bell's theorem (9,986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
certainty (i.e., with probability equal to unity) the value of a physical quantity, then there exists an element of reality corresponding to that quantity
History of superconductivity (2,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
effect demonstrates that the vector potential couples to an observable physical quantity, namely the superconducting critical temperature. Soon after discovering
Membrane potential (7,837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Type of physical quantity
Landau levels (3,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as asymmetric. However, by the symmetry of the system, there is no physical quantity which distinguishes these coordinates. The same result could have
Dirac equation (12,900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
operators are then the possible results of measuring the corresponding physical quantity. In the Schrödinger theory, the simplest such object is the overall
Lagrangian mechanics (14,226 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
momentum p is not gauge invariant, and therefore not a measurable physical quantity; However, if r is cyclic (i.e. Lagrangian is independent of position
Parachor (547 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity related to surface tension
Optical phase space (2,494 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
strength, then become quantum operators. In order to distinguish a physical quantity from the quantum mechanical operator used to describe it, a "hat"
Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering (19,286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
transconductance transducer An instrument that converts a physical quantity into another electrical or physical quantity. transfer function The mathematical relation
Matrix mechanics (10,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
interpretation is statistical: the result of a measurement of the physical quantity corresponding to the matrix A is random, with an average value equal
Quantum Bayesianism (8,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
certainty (i.e., with probability equal to unity) the value of a physical quantity, then there exists an element of reality corresponding to that quantity
Productive and unproductive labour (3,866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
theory according to which the criterion of progress consisted of the physical quantity of material goods being produced. This system was, paradoxically,
Potential flow (5,224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
t)} being an arbitrary vector field, without affecting the relevant physical quantity which is v {\displaystyle \mathbf {v} } . The non-uniqueness is usually
Photon polarization (4,946 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is a purely mathematical result. No reference has been made to any physical quantity or principle. It simply states that the uncertainty of one operator
Inverse problem (8,839 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
physical phenomena, the model parameters that describe the system, the physical quantity that describes the state of the physical system and observations commonly
Glossary of meteorology (21,500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
extending from a wall cloud toward the precipitation core. temperature A physical quantity expressing the thermal motion of a substance, such as a mass of air
Audio power (4,912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
equivalent heating power and, in fact, it doesn't represent any useful physical quantity. Unknown; Dawson, Stephen. "Why there is no such thing as 'RMS watts'
Socialist economics (18,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and shortages. Stalin's formulations of national plans in terms of physical quantity of output was also attributed by Daniels as a source for the stagnant
Group delay and phase delay (5,881 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
giving the time from when a frequency component of a time varying physical quantity—for example a voltage signal—appears at the LTI system input, to the
Densified coal (1,909 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Energy value of coal Orders of magnitude (specific energy density) – Physical quantity representing energy content per unit massPages displaying short descriptions
Multidimensional empirical mode decomposition (7,055 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
this physical quantity. When a coherent spatial structure emerges, it better reflects the physical processes that drive the evolution of the physical quantity
R-value (insulation) (7,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
resistivity of the material (K⋅m/W). An apparent R-value quantifies the physical quantity called thermal insulance. However, this generalization comes at a
Refined coal (2,061 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
descriptions as a fallback Orders of magnitude (specific energy density) – Physical quantity representing energy content per unit massPages displaying short descriptions
Angular momentum of light (2,705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity carried in photons
Index of underwater diving (23,303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ecosystems in cool to cold water in middle latitudes Temperature – Physical quantity of hot and cold Tension-leg platform – Type of offshore platform used
Smoothed-particle hydrodynamics (9,777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
represented in equations by h {\displaystyle h} . This means that the physical quantity of any particle can be obtained by summing the relevant properties
Metre Convention (6,521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was extended to permit the promotion of standards relating to any physical quantity which greatly increased the scope of the CIPM's remit and implicitly
Nordström's theory of gravitation (6,686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Riemann curvature tensor), and on the right hand stands a purely physical quantity, the trace of the stress–energy tensor. Einstein gleefully pointed
Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (2,494 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of area, being 1 cubit by 100 cubits, or 100 square cubits (or a physical quantity of equal area). Consider a rectangular plot of land measuring 10 khet
Large eddy simulation (7,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
model additionally yields the subgrid kinetic energy, which may be a physical quantity of interest. These improvements are achieved at a somewhat increased
Convolution for optical broad-beam responses in scattering media (1,674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
absorption, fluence, reflectance, or transmittance. Given a specific physical quantity, G(x,y,z), from a pencil beam in Cartesian space and a collimated
Tensor operator (9,015 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rotation. Alternatively, one may ask how, for a single observer, a physical quantity transforms if the state of the system is rotated. Consider, for example
Peter Johnson (entrepreneur) (1,979 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
(which permitted multiple dimensional representations of a given physical quantity under which its dimensions might be altered, or its occurrence made
Polynomial root-finding algorithms (2,668 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
real roots in a given interval (for example, when roots represents a physical quantity, only the real positive ones are interesting). For finding one root
Total position spread (2,031 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Physical quantity
List of Darker than Black characters (9,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the very end. Her other name is revealed at the end: Xing ("star".) Physical quantity Alternation Natural Deconstruction Organized Research Agency (PANDORA)
Kovacs effect (1,878 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
temperature has been employed. The associated time evolution of a relevant physical quantity P {\displaystyle P} , often the energy, is monitored and displays
Value-form (33,361 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
story, Marx defines the magnitude of "value" simply as the ratio of a physical quantity of product to a quantity of average labour-time, which is equal to
Aspect's experiment (4,180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
certainty (i.e., with probability equal to unity) the value of a physical quantity, then there exists an element of reality corresponding to that quantity
Captaincies of the Azores (4,323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
islands not already occupied, with the obligation of paying annually a physical quantity of 20$00 réis, to care for the provision and payment of ecclesiastical
Squeezed states of light (6,152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
increased the rate of observed gravitational-wave events. An oscillating physical quantity cannot have precisely defined values at all phases of the oscillation
History of mathematical notation (16,402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
parameter arising in integration. Related, the physical constant are a physical quantity generally believed to be universal and unchanging. Programming constants
Path integrals in polymer science (7,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
) {\displaystyle G({\vec {R}},{\vec {R}}';N)} the average of any physical quantity A {\displaystyle A} can be calculated. Assuming A {\displaystyle \textstyle
Impulse vector (3,992 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
purely mathematical quantity, while the impulse vector includes a physical quantity (that is, ω n {\displaystyle \omega _{n}} and ζ {\displaystyle \zeta
Bioinstrumentation (8,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
for any biomedical instrument are as following below: Measurand: A physical quantity where the instrumentation systems would measure it. The human body
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (11,189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
be unacceptable in a point-of-care setting. Fluence is a different physical quantity often used by aPDT practitioners, which considers the backscattering