📚Physics Glossary⚛️

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Acceleration is the rate at which an object's velocity changes over time.

Example:

A car increasing its speed from 0 to 100 km/h in 5 s.

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Electric field is a vector field around a charged particle that represents the force that other charges would experience.

Example:

A 1 C charge experiencing 9 N/C near another charge.

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Force is any interaction that, when unopposed, changes the motion of an object.

Example:

Pushing a shopping cart with a force of 10 N.

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Kinetic energy is the energy an object possesses due to its motion.

Example:

A 2 kg object moving at 3 m/s.

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Momentum is the product of an object's mass and its velocity, representing the quantity of motion.

Example:

A 0.15 kg baseball traveling at 40 m/s.

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Potential energy is the energy stored in an object due to its position in a force field or its configuration.

Example:

A mass of 1 kg raised 10 m above the ground.

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Power is the rate at which work is done or energy is transferred per unit time.

Example:

An engine doing 500 J of work in 5 s.

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Pressure is the force applied perpendicular to a surface per unit area.

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A force of 200 N applied over an area of 0.5 m².

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Velocity is the rate at which an object's position changes with respect to time, including both magnitude and direction.

Example:

A car traveling north at 60 km/h.

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Work is the product of the component of a force along the direction of displacement and the magnitude of that displacement.

Example:

Lifting a 5 kg box vertically by 2 m.

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