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

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

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)

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