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⚾️Honors Physics
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298 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Honors Physics exam

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A

Acceleration of Gravity
Accuracy
Acoustic Impedance
Acoustic Resonance
Action at a Distance
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Aerodynamics
ALARA Principle
Alpha Radiation
Alternating Current
Alternating Current (AC)
Angular Resolution
Antimatter
Arctangent Function
Atomic Orbital
Atomic Spectra
Augustin-Jean Fresnel

B

Balmer Series
Banked Curves
Beat Frequency
Beta Decay
Beta Minus Decay
Beta Plus Decay
Beta Radiation
Black Holes
Boltzmann Distribution
Bulk Modulus

C

Carbon-14
Carnot Cycle
Carnot Efficiency
Cartesian Coordinates
Center of Curvature
Center of Mass Frame
Chain Reaction
Charge-Coupled Devices
Charged Sphere
Chromatic Aberration
Circuit Diagram
Classical Mechanics
Coefficient of Performance (COP)
Compton Effect
Concave Down Curve
Concave Lens
Concave Up Curve
Conservation of Kinetic Energy
Control Rods
Convex Mirrors
Coordinate Axes
Copenhagen Interpretation
Coriolis Effect
Cosmic Microwave Background
Coupling Constant
Cyclotron Motion
Cylindrical Capacitor

D

Dark Matter
DC Motor
De Broglie Equation
Derivative
Dielectric Breakdown
Dielectric Strength
Dipole
Displacement Current
Displacement Vector
Distribution Transformers
Doping
Dry Ice
Dynamics

E

Eddy Currents
Effective Dose
Effort Arm
Elasticity
Electric Dipole
Electrical Energy
Electromagnetic Energy
Electromagnetic Force