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Convex lens
Physics; General physics
Also called a converging lens, a lens that is thicker in the middle than at the edges. Convex lenses refract light through a focal point.
Deposition
Physics; General physics
The process by which a gas turns directly into a solid because it cannot exist as a liquid at certain pressures.
Cosine
Physics; General physics
The cosine of an angle in a right triangle is equal to the length of the side adjacent to the angle divided by the length of the hypotenuse.
Vector
Physics; General physics
A vector quantity, or vector, is an object possessing, and fully described by, a magnitude and a direction. Graphically a vector is depicted as an arrow with its magnitude given by the length of the ...
Wave speed
Physics; General physics
The speed at which a wave crest or trough propagates. Note that this is not the speed at which the actual medium (like the stretched string or the air particles) moves.
Weak nuclear force
Physics; General physics
The force involved in beta decay that changes a proton to a neutron and releases an electron and a neutrino.
