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16 Cards in this Set
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Acceleration |
Change of velocity per unit time |
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Acceleration of free fall |
Acceleration of an object acted on by the force of gravity |
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Accurate |
A measurement that is obtained, using calibrated instruments correctly, is said to be accurate |
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Alpha Radiation |
Particles that each consist of two proton and two neutrons |
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Amplitude |
Maximum displacement of a vibrating particle; for a transverse wave, it is the distance from the middle to the peak of the wave |
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Annihilation |
When a particle and its antiparticle meet, they destroy each other and become radiation |
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Antibaryon |
A hadron consisting of three antiquarks |
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Antimatter |
Antiparticles that each have the same rest mass and, if charged, have equal and opposite charge to the corresponding particle. |
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Antimuon |
Antiparticle of the muon |
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Antineutrino |
The antiparticle of the neutrino |
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Antinode |
Fixed point I'm a stationary wave pattern where amplitude is a maximum |
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Antiparticle |
There is an antiparticle for every type of particle. A particle and its corresponding antiparticle have equal rest mass and, if charged, equal and opposite charge |
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Antiquark |
Antiparticle of a quark |
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Atomic number Z |
The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom |
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Baryon |
A hadron consisting of three quarks |
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Base units |
The units that define the SI system (eg the meter, the kilogram, the second, the ampere |
