(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles
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(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves
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(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with ot…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their m…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their m…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta)
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) a theory that tries to link the four fundamental forces; "according to supersymmetry, each force emerged separately during t…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their m…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their m…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at…
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An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as som…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the wa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.(physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory; electrons orbiting a nucleus can only…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.(physics) of waves having a constant phase relation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.(physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from ev…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.(physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: physics, theory, light, transmitted, waves.The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or…
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