BASIC PHYSICS TERMS

Aa
Aberration
Absolute Zero
Absorption Spectrum
Acceleration
Acoustic Impedance
Acoustic Resonance
Action
Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN)
Adiabatic Process
Aerodynamics
Aerostat
Afferent Neuron
Age of the Universe
Air Resistance
Airy Disk
Albedo
Alfvén Wave
Alpha Particle
Ammeter
Amplifier
Amplitude
Angular Acceleration
Angular Displacement
Angular Momentum
Angular Velocity
Anion
Anode
Antinode
Aperture
Archimedes' Principle
Aristotelian Physics
Aspect Ratio
Asterism
Astronomical Unit (AU)
Asymptote
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Circulation
Atom
Atomic Mass
Atomic Mass Unit (amu)
Atomic Number
Attenuation
Avogadro's Law
Avogadro's Number
Axial Vector
Axis
Azimuthal Angle

Bb
Ballistic Pendulum
Band Gap
Bandwidth
Banked Curve
Barometer
Barycenter
Baryon
Battery
Beam1
Beam2
Beat Frequency
Beat Frequency
Bernoulli's Principle
Bessel Function
Beta Decay
Beta Particle
Bethe-Bloch Formula
Big Bang Theory
Binding Energy
Biodiversity
Bioelectromagnetism
Biophysics
Black Hole
Blackbody Radiation
Boltzmann Constant
Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
Bose-Einstein Condensate
Bose-Einstein Statistics
Boundary Condition
Boyle's Law
Bragg's Law
Brownian Motion
Bulk Modulus
Buoyancy
Buoyancy Force

Cc
Calorimeter
Calorimetry
Canonical Ensemble
Capacitance
Capacitor
Capillary Action
Carrier Wave
Catalyst
Cathode
Cathode Ray
Cathode Ray Tube
Cauchy's Integral Formula
Celsius Scale
Center of Gravity
Centrifugal Force
Centripetal Acceleration
Centripetal Force
Chain Reaction
Chaos Theory
Charge
Charge Carrier
Charle's Law
Chemical Bond
Chemical Energy
Chemical Reaction
Circuit
Classical Mechanics
Closed System
Coefficient of Friction
Coefficient of Restitution
Cohesion
Collimation
Collision
Colour
Combustion
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Conservation of Energy
Conservation of Momentum
Constant Acceleration
Continuity Equation
Convection
Converging Lens
Coulomb's Law
Critical Angle
Critical Mass
Critical Point
Crystal Lattice
Current
Current Density
Cyclotron

Dd
Dalton's Law
Damped Oscillation
Decibel
Density
Derivative
Diffraction
Diffusion
Dimensional Analysis
Diode
Dipole
Dipole Moment
Direct Current (DC)
Dispersion
Displacement
Distance
Doppler Effect
Doppler Shift
Drag
Dynamics

Ee
Eddy Current
Efficiency
Elastic Collision
Electric Charge
Electric Circuit
Electric Conductivity
Electric Field
Electric Potential
Electric Power
Electromagnet
Electromagnetic Induction
Electromagnetic Radiation
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Electromotive Force (EMF)
Electron
Electron Volt
Electroscope
Element
Energy
Energy Density
Entropy
Equilibrium
Equipotential Surface
Evaporation
Excitation
Exothermic Reaction
Expansion
Extensive Property
External Force
Extrapolation
Eye Piece

Ff
Fahrenheit Scale
Falling Body
Farad
Fermion
Fission
Fluid
Fluid Dynamics
Fluid Pressure
Fluid Statics
Fluorescence
Flux
Focus
Force
Foucault Pendulum
Frame of Reference
Free Body Diagram
Free Fall
Frequency
Friction
Fundamental Frequency
Fusion

Gg
Galilean Invariance
Galilean Relativity
Galvanometer
Gamma Radiation
Gamma Ray
Gas
Gauge
Gaussian Distribution
Geiger Counter
General Relativity
Generator
Geometric Optics
Gravitational Constant
Gravitational Field
Gravitational Potential Energy
Gravitational Redshift
Gravity
Ground State
Ground State
Group Velocity
Gyroscope

Hh
Hadron
Half-Life
Hamiltonian Mechanics
Harmonic Motion
Harmonic Series
Heat
Heat Capacity
Heat Engine
Heat Transfer
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Helmholtz Coil
Henry's Law
Hertz
Holography
Hooke's Law
Hydraulic
Hydrodynamics
Hydrogen Bond
Hydrostatic
Hydrostatic Pressure
Hypothesis

Ii
Ideal Gas
Ideal Gas Law
Image Formation
Impedance
Impulse
Incidence
Inclined Plane
Induced Charge
Induced Emf
Inductor
Inelastic Collision
Inertia
Inertial Frame of Reference
Infrared Radiation
Insulator
Intensity
Interference
Internal Energy
Ion
Ionization
Ionization Energy
Ionizing Radiation
Isobar
Isomer
Isotonic
Isotope

Jj
Joule
Joule's Law
Kk
Kelvin Scale
Kepler's Laws
Kinematics
Kinetic Energy
Kinetic Theory
Kirchhoff's Laws
Ll
Lab Frame of Reference
Laminar Flow
Laplace's Equation
Laser
Latent Heat
Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum
Law of Conservation of Energy
Law of Conservation of Momentum
Law of Universal Gravitation
Lens
Len's Law
Lens Maker's Equation
Lepton
Level Surface
Lift
Light-Year
Line Spectrum
Linear Momentum
Liquid
Liquid Crystal
Longitudinal Wave
Lorentz Force
Lorentz Transformation

Mm
Mach Number
Magnetic Dipole
Magnetic Dipole Moment
Magnetic Field
Magnetic Flux
Magnetic Induction
Magnetic Monopole
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetism
Magnetization
Magnifying Glass
Mass
Mass Number
Mass-Energy Equivalence
Matter
Matter Wave
Maxima
Maxwell's Equations
Mean Free Path
Mechanical Advantage
Mechanical Energy
Mechanical Wave
Melting Point
Mercury Barometer
Meson
Metal
Meteorite
Meter
Method of Images
Michelson Interferometer
Microscope
Microwave Oven
Microwaves
Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
Mirror
Mixture
Molecule
Momentum
Monochromatic Light
Motor
Multimeter
Muon

Nn
Natural Frequency
Neutrino
Neutron
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Newton's Laws of Motion
Node
Non-Newtonian Fluid
Normal Force
Nuclear Binding Energy
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Reaction
Nuclear Reactor
Nucleon
Nucleus

Oo
Ohm's Law
Oil Drop Experiment
Optical Fiber
Optical Instrument
Oscillating Circuit
Oscillation
Oscilloscope
Osmosis
Overtones

Pp
Parallel Axis Theorem
Parallel Circuit
Paramagnetism
Particle Accelerator
Pascal's Principle
Pauli Exclusion Principle
Pendulum
Period
Periodic Table
Permeability
Permittivity
Phase
Phase Diagram
Phase Transition
Phonon
Phosphorescence
Photoelectric Effect
Photon
Physical Change
Physical Property
Piezoelectric Effect
Piezoelectricity
Planck Constant
Planck's Constant
Plane Mirror
Plasma
Plastic Deformation
Poincaré Recurrence Theorem
Poisson's Ratio
Polarization
Potential Difference
Potential Energy
Power
Poynting Vector
Pressure
Principle of Superposition
Prism
Probability Density
Projectile Motion
Propagation
Proton
Pulsar

Qq
Quality Factor
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Number
Quantum Spin
Quantum State
Quantum Tunneling
Quarter-Wave Plate

Rr
Radiation
Radiation Pressure
Radioactive Decay
Radioactivity
Radiometer
Rainbow
Raman Scattering
Ray
Rayleigh Scattering
Reactance
Reaction Rate
Reaction Time
Real Image
Recoil
Reflection
Refraction
Refractive Index
Relative Motion
Relativistic Mass
Relativity
Relaxation Time
Resistance
Resistor
Resonance
Resonant Frequency
Reverberation
Reynolds Number
Right-Hand Rule
Rigid Body
Rotational Kinematics
Rotational Kinetic Energy
Rutherford Scattering
Rutherford's Atomic Model
Rydberg Constant

Ss
Sagnac Effect
Scalar
Scalar Field
Scattering
Schrödinger Equation
Scientific Notation
Scintillation
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Sedimentation
Seismic Wave
Self-Inductance
Semiconductor
Series Circuit
Shear Modulus
Shear Strain
Shear Stress
Shockwave
Simple Harmonic Motion
Snell's Law
Solar Cell
Solenoid
Solid Angle
Sonic Boom
Sound Wave
Space-Time
Special Relativity
Specific Heat Capacity
Spectral Line
Spectrometer
Spectrum
Speed
Speed of Light
Spherical Coordinate System
Spin
Spontaneous Emission
Spring Constant
Standing Wave
State Function
Static Electricity
Static Friction
Statistical Mechanics
Stefan-Boltzmann Law
Stimulated Emission
Strain
Stress
String Theory
Strong Nuclear Force
Structural Formula
Superconductivity
Superconductor
Superfluidity
Supernova
Superposition
Surface Tension
Surroundings
Symmetry
Synchrotron Radiation
System

Tt
Temperature
Tensile Strength
Terminal Velocity
Tesla
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Energy
Thermal Equilibrium
Thermal Expansion
Thermal Radiation
Thermistor
Thermocouple
Thermodynamics
Thermometer
Thin Lens Approximation
Thomson Scattering
Threshold Frequency
Time Dilation
Time Dilation
Torque
Total Internal Reflection
Transducer
Transformer
Transverse Wave
Traveling Wave
Triangle Law
Triple Point
Tunnel Effect
Turbulence

Uu
Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
Uncertainty Principle
Uniform Circular Motion
Unit Vector
Universal Gas Constant
Universal Gravitational Constant
Vv
Vacuum
Valence Electron
Vapour
Vector
Vector Field
Velocity
Vibration
Vibrational Mode
Virtual Image
Viscoelasticity
Viscosity
Volt
Voltage
Voltmeter
Volume

Ww
Wave
Wave Function
Wavelength
Wave-Particle Duality
Weak Nuclear Force
Weight
Work
Work-Energy Theorem

Xx
X-Ray
X-Ray Crystallography
X-Ray Diffraction
X-Ray Fluorescence
X-Ray Spectroscopy

Yy
Yang-Mills Theory
Young's Double-Slit Experiment
Young's Modulus
Yukawa Potential
Zz
Zeeman Effect
Zener Diode
Zero-Point Energy
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics