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Dispersion

Physics; General physics

The splitting of white light into its component colors.

Displacement

Physics; General physics

The shortest distance between the initial and final position of a moving body. It is a vector quantity.

Distance

Physics; General physics

The actual path length covered by a body. It is a scalar quantity.

Doppler effect

Physics; General physics

The apparent change in the frequency of a wave due to relative motion between the source and the observer.

Einstein mass energy relation

Physics; General physics

E = mc2, E is the energy released, m is the mass defect and c is the speed of light.

Electric current

Physics; General physics

The rate of flow of electric charge.

Electric field line

Physics; General physics

An imaginary curve tangent to which at a point gives the direction of electric field at that point.

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