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🎢Principles of Physics II
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419 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Principles of Physics II exam

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A

Absolute permeability
Absorption spectrum
Ac analysis
Ac bridges
Achromatic Doublet
Acoustic Interference
Adiabatic invariants
Air core inductor
Antenna Theory
Atmospheric refraction
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Aurora formation mechanisms
Average power

B

Back emf
Back-illuminated sensor
Ballistic transport
Barrier penetration probability
Barrier width effects
Beats phenomenon
Bell's Inequalities
Birkeland Currents
Blazed gratings
Born interpretation
Bound Charges vs Free Charges
Bound states
Boundary Element Method
Boundary Value Problem

C

Camera lens
Capacitive Coupling
Capacitor Network
Central maximum
Ceramic Capacitor
Changing magnetic field
Charge Carrier Concentration
Charge leakage
Charge Quantization
Charge Separation
Charge Separation in Clouds
Charge Storage
Charge-coupled device (ccd)
Charging
Charging Curve
Chromatic aberration
Circuit analysis
Circular aperture diffraction
Circular polarization
Classical physics
Classical vs Quantum Behavior
Closed circuit
Cloud chamber operation
Collapse of the wave function
Complementarity principle
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)
Complex impedance
Compound lens
Compound microscope
Concave lens
Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium
Conservation of energy in electric fields
Conservation of energy in electromagnetic induction
Conservative Fields
Continuous Distributions
Copenhagen Interpretation
Copper losses
Core losses
Corner reflectors
Cosmic ray deflection
Critical Temperature
Cross Product Formulation
Crystal Structure Analysis
Curl of a magnetic field
Current divider
Current division
Cyclotron frequency
Cyclotron motion