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Thermal capacity
Physics; General physics
The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of the whole body by 1 .
Thermal equilibrium
Physics; General physics
When the two bodies in contact are at the same temperature and there is no flow of heat between them, these are said to be in thermal equilibrium.
Total internal reflection
Physics; General physics
Condition where all light is reflected back from a boundary between materials; occurs when light travels from denser to rarer medium and angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle.
Transverse wave
Physics; General physics
A wave in which the particles of the medium oscillate in a direction perpendicular of the direction of propagation of wave.
Uniform circular motion
Physics; General physics
The motion of an object in a circular path with uniform speed.
