| Description |
xiii, 498 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface. -- Editorial Staff. -- How to Use the Dictionary. -- Scope of Fields. -- Pronunciation Key. -- dictionary. -- Appendix. -- Euqivalents of commonly used units for the U. -- S. -- Customary Sytem and the Metric System. -- conversion Factors for the U. -- S. -- Customary System, Metric System, and International System. -- Dimensional Formulas of Common Quantities. -- Internal Energy and Generalized Work. -- The Fundamental Particles. -- Defining Fixed Points of the International Practical Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90). -- Primary Thermometry Methods. -- Types of Particulate Systems. -- Density and Speed of Sound in Selected Materials. -- Recommended Values of Selected Fundamental Physical Constants. -- Types of Radioactivity. -- Electromagnetic Spectrum. -- Physical Properties of Optical Materials. -- The 14 Bravais Lattices |
| Summary |
Covers disciplines such as acoustics, nuclear physics, optics, atomic physics, particle physics, plasma physics, spectroscopy, quantum mechanics and more |
| Notes |
"All text in this dictionary was published previously in the McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms, fifth edition, 1994." -- p. iv |
| Subject |
Physics -- Dictionaries.
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Physics.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionary.
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Dictionaries.
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| Author |
Parker, Sybil P.
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McGraw-Hill Book Company.
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| LC no. |
96046186 |
| ISBN |
0070524297 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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