Physics Dictionary
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| radar |  |  | 
| radian |  |  | 
| radiant heat |  |  | 
| radiation |  |  | 
| radiator |  |  | 
| radio astronomy |  |  | 
| radio telescope |  |  | 
| radioactive chain |  |  | 
| radioactive decay |  |  | 
| radioactive dust |  |  | 
| radioactive fallout |  |  | 
| radioactive substance |  |  | 
| radioactive waste |  |  | 
| radioactivity |  |  | 
| radioisotope |  |  | 
| radium (Ra) |  |  | 
| radius of curvature |  |  | 
| radon (Rn) |  |  | 
| rainbow |  |  | 
| random error |  |  | 
| range |  |  | 
| rarefaction, region of |  |  | 
| ray box |  |  | 
| reactance |  |  | 
| real depth |  |  | 
| real image |  |  | 
| recoil |  |  | 
| rectification |  |  | 
| rectifier |  |  | 
| red giant |  |  | 
| red shift |  |  | 
| reference point |  |  | 
| reflected ray |  |  | 
| reflected wave |  |  | 
| reflecting telescope |  |  | 
| reflection |  |  | 
| reflection, angle of |  |  | 
| reflection, law of |  |  | 
| refracted ray |  |  | 
| refracted wave |  |  | 
| refracting angle |  |  | 
| refracting telescope |  |  | 
| refraction |  |  | 
| refraction, angle of |  |  | 
| refraction, law of |  |  | 
| refractive index |  |  | 
| refrigerator |  |  | 
| refrigerant |  |  | 
| regular reflection |  |  | 
| relative motion |  |  | 
| relative permeability |  |  | 
| relative permittivity |  |  | 
| relative velocity |  |  | 
| relativity |  |  | 
| relativity, principle of |  |  | 
| resistance (R) |  |  | 
| resistance thermometer |  |  | 
| resistivity (  ) |  |  | 
| resistor |  |  | 
| resolution |  |  | 
| resolution of a vector |  |  | 
| resonance |  |  | 
| resonant frequency |  |  | 
| rest mass |  |  | 
| restoring force |  |  | 
| resultant force |  |  | 
| resultant vector |  |  | 
| retardation |  |  | 
| rheostat |  |  | 
| right hand rule |  |  | 
| rigid body |  |  | 
| ripple tank |  |  | 
| root-mean-square value (rms) |  |  | 
| rotational equilibrium |  |  | 
| rotational harmonic motion |  |  | 
| rotational inertia |  |  | 
| rotational motion |  |  | 
| rudder |  |  |