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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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| condensation | ||
| conductance | ||
| conduction | ||
| conductivity | ||
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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 | ||
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| 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 |