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Allotropic forms

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Elements that can have several different structures with different physical properties-for example, graphite and diamond are two allotropic forms of carbon.

Amp

Physics; General physics

Unit of electric current. It is equivalent to coulomb/sec.

Amplitude (of an oscillation)

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The maximum displacement of a body from its mean position during an oscillatory motion is called the amplitude of oscillation.

Amplitude (of waves)

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The maximum displacement of particles of the medium from their mean positions during the propagation of a wave is called the amplitude of the wave.

Angular acceleration

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The rate of change of angular velocity of a body moving along a circular path is called its angular acceleration. Angular acceleration is denoted by a.

Angular displacement

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The angle described at the centre of the circle by a moving body along a circular path is called angular displacement. It is measured in radians.

Angular momentum quantum number

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From quantum mechanics model of the atom, one of four descriptions of the energy state of an electron wave. The quantum number describes the energy sublevels of electrons within the main energy ...