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This category comprises topics that are fundamental to our description of the physical world. They include common phenomena (such as waves); physical properties (such as momentum); and other building blocks with which we describe the physical world. They do not include most equations or theories.
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This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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Pages in category "Concepts in physics"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 332 total.
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- 4D vector (physics)
A
- Active and passive transformation (physics)
- Ansatz (physics)
- Antiferromagnetism (physics)
- Araki–Sucher correction (physics)
- Arrow of time (physics)
- Asymptotic safety in quantum gravity (physics)
B
- Broken/Asymptotic safety in quantum gravity (computing)
- Bell's theorem (physics)
- Boltzmann's entropy formula (physics)
- Born reciprocity (physics)
- Bose–Einstein statistics (physics)
- Brownian ratchet (physics)
C
- Canonical transformation (physics)
- Capacitance (physics)
- Capstan equation (physics)
- Cauchy momentum equation (physics)
- Causality (philosophy)
- Causality (physics)
- Cherenkov radiation (physics)
- Classical fluid (physics)
- Classical limit (physics)
- Classical mechanics (physics)
- Clausius–Mossotti relation (physics)
- Clockwise (physics)
- Closed system (physics)
- Coherence (physics)
- Coherent turbulent structure (physics)
- Commutative property (computing)
- Composite Higgs models (physics)
- Time crystal (physics)
- Conservation law (physics)
- Contracted Bianchi identities (physics)
- Convection (physics)
- Cooper pair (physics)
- Copenhagen interpretation (physics)
- Coulomb gap (physics)
- Covariance group (physics)
- Covariance principle (physics)
- Covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism (physics)
- Cross section (physics)
- Current density (physics)
D
- Degenerate semiconductor (physics)
- Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) (physics)
- Density of states (physics)
- Diffraction (physics)
- Diffraction formalism (physics)
- Dimension (computing)
- Discrete spectrum (physics)
- Dispersion relation (physics)
E
- Einstein's thought experiments (physics)
- Elastance (physics)
- Electromagnet (physics)
- Electromagnetic induction (physics)
- Electron equivalent (physics)
- Electronic entropy (physics)
- Electrostatics (physics)
- Elementary particle (physics)
- Emission spectrum (physics)
- Empty lattice approximation (physics)
- Enthalpy (physics)
- Entropy (physics)
- Configuration entropy (physics)
- EPR paradox (physics)
- Equation of state (physics)
- Equipartition theorem (physics)
- Equivalence principle (physics)
- Equivalence principle (geometric) (physics)
- Ergodic hypothesis (physics)
- Euclidean vector (computing)
- Euler equations (fluid dynamics) (physics)
- Euler's laws of motion (physics)
- Event horizon (physics)
- Ewald–Oseen extinction theorem (physics)
F
- Fermi gas (physics)
- Fermi's golden rule (physics)
- Fermion (physics)
- Ferromagnetism (physics)
- Feynman diagram (physics)
- Field (physics)
- Field effect (semiconductor) (physics)
- Fine-structure constant (physics)
- First law of thermodynamics (physics)
- First observation of gravitational waves (physics)
- Flavour (particle physics) (physics)
- Flotation of flexible objects (physics)
- Four-vector (physics)
- Fractional quantum mechanics (physics)
- Fractional Schrödinger equation (physics)
- Frame-dragging (physics)
- Free electron model (physics)
- Free neutron decay (physics)
- Free particle (physics)
- Frustrated triangular lattice (physics)
G
- Introduction to gauge theory (physics)
- Generalized Lagrangian mean (physics)
- Gibbs free energy (physics)
- Ginzburg criterion (physics)
- Global mode (physics)
- Gravitational singularity (physics)
- Green's function (computing)
- Green's function number (physics)
- Group velocity dispersion (physics)
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- H-theorem (physics)
- Heat (physics)
- Heat engine (physics)
- Heisenberg cut (physics)
- Helmholtz free energy (physics)
- Entropic uncertainty (physics)
- Homogeneity (physics)
- Hydrodynamic quantum analogs (physics)
- Hydrogen atom (physics)
I
- Impulse (physics)
- Instability (physics)
- Integral length scale (physics)
- Internal energy (physics)
- Intrinsic parity (physics)
- Introduction to M-theory (physics)
- Invariant (physics)
- Invariant mass (physics)
- Ionic conductivity (solid state) (physics)
K
- Kinetic scheme (physics)
- Kinetic theory of gases (physics)
- Komar superpotential (physics)
- Koopman–von Neumann classical mechanics (physics)
L
- Lagrangian mechanics (physics)
- Lamb shift (physics)
- Legendre transformation (physics)
- Leggett inequality (physics)
- Length measurement (physics)
- Lepton (physics)
- Linear response function (physics)
- Linear system (physics)
- Linearity (physics)
- List of textbooks on classical and quantum mechanics (computing)
- Long-slit spectroscopy (physics)
- Lorentz force (physics)
- Lorentz scalar (physics)
- Lorenz gauge condition (physics)
M
- Macroscopic scale (physics)
- Magic wavelength (physics)
- Magnetic braking (physics)
- Majorana fermion (physics)
- Mass versus weight (physics)
- Mass-to-charge ratio (physics)
- Master equation (physics)
- Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity (computing)
- Maxwell's demon (physics)
- List of textbooks in electromagnetism (physics)
- Matrix representation of Maxwell's equations (physics)
- Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime (physics)
- Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics (physics)
- Mean field theory (physics)
- Mean-field theory (physics)
- Mean inter-particle distance (physics)
- Measure (physics)
- Mechanics (physics)
- Melting point (physics)
- Meter water equivalent (physics)
- Metric tensor (physics)
- Microscopic scale (physics)
- Minkowski space (physics)
- Motion (physics)
N
- Navier–Stokes equations (physics)
- Negative frequency (physics)
- Negative refraction (physics)
- Newton's law of cooling (physics)
- Newton's laws of motion (physics)
- Newton's theorem of revolving orbits (physics)
- Newtonian dynamics (physics)
- Newtonian motivations for general relativity (physics)
- Node (physics)
- Noether's theorem (physics)
- Non-contact force (physics)
- Non-equilibrium thermodynamics (physics)
- Nonlinear system (computing)
- Nuclear fusion (physics)
- Nuclear physics (physics)
- Nuclear reaction (physics)
- Nuclear reactor physics (physics)
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- Observer (physics)
- Observer (quantum physics) (physics)
- Observer effect (physics)
- One-electron universe (physics)
- Onsager reciprocal relations (physics)
- Optogalvanic effect (physics)
P
- Palatini identity (physics)
- Paramagnetism (physics)
- Parity (physics)
- Partial differential equation (computing)
- Partition function (statistical mechanics) (physics)
- Path integral formulation (physics)
- Pauli exclusion principle (physics)
- Permittivity (physics)
- Perturbation theory (physics)
- Phase (matter) (physics)
- Phase space (physics)
- Phase transition (physics)
- Photon polarization (physics)
- Physical body (philosophy)