Physics Dictionary
C
cable | ||
cadmium (Cd) | ||
caesium/cesium (Cs) | ||
calibration | ||
calipers | ||
calorimeter | ||
candela (cd) | ||
capacitance | ||
capacitive reactance (XC) | ||
capacitor | ||
capacity | ||
capillary tube | ||
carbon (C) | ||
carrier wave | ||
catalyst | ||
cathode | ||
cathode ray | ||
cathode ray oscilloscope (CRO) | ||
cathode ray tube (CRT) | ||
cation | ||
Cavendish balance |
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cell | ||
Celsius (degree C) | ||
Celsius scale | ||
centi- (c) | ||
centigrade (degree C) | ||
centimetre (cm) | ||
centre of gravity (c.g.) | ||
centre of mass | ||
centrifugal force | ||
centripetal acceleration | ||
centripetal force | ||
chain reaction |
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change of state | ||
charge | ||
charge density | ||
charged particle | ||
charging | ||
charging by induction | ||
charging by sharing | ||
chlorine (Cl) | ||
circuit | ||
circular motion | ||
clockwise moment | ||
closed circuit | ||
closed loop | ||
closed tube | ||
cloud chamber | ||
cobalt (Co) | ||
coefficient of self induction | ||
coherence | ||
coherent sources | ||
cohesive force | ||
coil | ||
collector | ||
collimator | ||
collision | ||
combination of pulleys | ||
common base | ||
common collector | ||
common emitter | ||
commutator | ||
component of a vector | ||
component of force | ||
component of velocity | ||
compound pendulum | ||
concave lens | ||
concave mirror | ||
conclusion | ||
condensation | ||
conductance | ||
conduction | ||
conductivity | ||
conductor (electric,thermal) |
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conical pendulum | ||
conservation, law of | ||
conservation of angular momentum | ||
conservation of charge | ||
conservation of energy | ||
conservation of mechanical energy, law of | ||
conservation of momentum | ||
conservation of momentum, law of | ||
constant acceleration | ||
constant force | ||
constant pressure | ||
constant velocity | ||
constantan | ||
control | ||
continuous spectrum | ||
convection | ||
conventional current | ||
convergent/converging lens | ||
convergent/converging mirror | ||
convex lens | ||
convex mirror | ||
cooling by evaporation | ||
corpuscular theory of light | ||
cosmic radiation | ||
cosmic ray | ||
Coulomb (C) | ||
counter | ||
couple | ||
critical angle | ||
critical mass | ||
cross section | ||
crystal | ||
crystal lattice | ||
current | ||
cylindrical lens |