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Sine
Physics; General physics
In a right triangle, the sine of a given angle is the length of the side opposite the angle divided by the length of the hypotenuse.
Centre of mass
Physics; General physics
A point in space where the entire mass of a body may be assumed to be concentrated.
Carbon-14
Physics; General physics
A radioactive isotope of carbon, its half-life is equal 5720 years, used to date archaeological, geological, and hydrogeological samples.
Buoyancy
Physics; General physics
A force exerted by a liquid, gas or other fluid, that opposes an object's weight as a result of the decreased weight of the object when measures in liquid.
Direction
Physics; General physics
The property of a vector that distinguishes it from a scalar: while scalars have only a magnitude, vectors have both a magnitude and a direction. When graphing vectors in the xy -coordinate space, ...
Doppler shift
Physics; General physics
Waves produced by a source that is moving with respect to the observer will seem to have a higher frequency and smaller wavelength if the motion is towards the observer, and a lower frequency and ...
Dot product
Physics; General physics
A form of vector multiplication, where two vectors are multiplied to produce a scalar. The dot product of two vectors, A and B , is expressed by the equation A • B = AB cos θ ...
