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Honors Physics

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A

Acceleration of Gravity

Acoustic Impedance

Acoustic Resonance

Action at a Distance

Actual Mechanical Advantage

ALARA Principle

Alpha Radiation

Alternating Current

Alternating Current (AC)

Angular Resolution

Arctangent Function

Augustin-Jean Fresnel

B

Beta Minus Decay

Beta Plus Decay

Boltzmann Distribution

C

Carnot Efficiency

Cartesian Coordinates

Center of Curvature

Center of Mass Frame

Charge-Coupled Devices

Chromatic Aberration

Circuit Diagram

Classical Mechanics

Coefficient of Performance (COP)

Concave Down Curve

Concave Up Curve

Conservation of Kinetic Energy

Coordinate Axes

Copenhagen Interpretation

Coriolis Effect

Cosmic Microwave Background

Coupling Constant

Cyclotron Motion

Cylindrical Capacitor

D

De Broglie Equation

Dielectric Breakdown

Dielectric Strength

Displacement Current

Displacement Vector

Distribution Transformers

E

Electric Dipole

Electrical Energy

Electromagnetic Energy

Electromagnetic Force

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