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Vocabulary Glossary
The definitions given here are intentionally succinct and focus on the modeling physics perspective.
- acceleration
- amplitude
- angular acceleration
- angular frequency
- angular impulse
- angular momentum about a single axis
- angular position
- angular velocity
- axis of rotation
- center of mass
- centripetal acceleration
- coefficient of friction
- conservative force
- conserved
- coordinate system
- cross product
- decomposition
- Delta-v diagram
- displacement
- distance
- dot product
- dynamics
- elastic collision
- elementary fermionic particle
- environment
- equilibrium position
- experiment
- external force
- fixed axis
- force
- force diagram
- free body diagram
- freefall
- friction (interaction)
- fundamental forces
- gee
- gravity (interaction)
- gyroscope
- impulse
- inertial reference frame
- infinitely massive object
- initial-state final-state diagram
- interaction
- internal force
- kinematics
- kinetic energy
- line of action
- magnitude
- mass
- massless object
- mass on a spring
- mechanical energy
- mechanics
- model
- moment arm
- moment of inertia
- momentum
- motion diagram
- natural frequency
- net force
- Newton's First Law
- Newton's Second Law
- Newton's Third Law
- Newtonian mechanics
- non-conservative force
- parallel axis theorem
- pendulum
- period
- periodic motion
- phase
- phenomenological forces
- Physical Model
- point particle
- position
- position versus time graph
- potential energy
- power
- precession
- problem
- projectile
- pure rotation
- quantity of motion
- radians
- restoring force
- right-handed coordinate system
- rigid body
- rolling without slipping
- rotational kinetic energy
- scalar
- scalar product
- significant figures
- sinusoidal function
- small angle approximation
- speed
- statics
- Strategic Knowedge
- system
- system constituent
- tangential acceleration
- tension
- torque (single-axis)
- totally inelastic collision
- vector
- velocity
- weight
- work
- Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem
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