College Physics

A aberration, 949 aberrations, 947 absolute pressure, 368, 388 absolute zero, 431, 461 ac current, 711, 722 ac voltage, 711, 722 acceleration, 43, 75, 126, 153 acceleration due to gravity, 62, 75 accommodation, 931, 949 accuracy, 25, 31 acoustic impedance , 615, 620 active transport, 419, 419 activity, 1131, 1140 adaptive optics, 947, 949 adhesive forces, 377, 388 adiabatic, 515 adiabatic process, 540 air resistance, 101, 114 alpha, 1114 alpha decay, 1124, 1140 alpha rays, 1140 alternating current, 710, 722 ammeter, 762 ammeters, 752 ampere, 696, 723 ampere’s law, 796, 801 amplitude, 555, 579, 864, 878, 879 amplitude modulation, 868 amplitude modulation (am), 879 analog meter, 762 analog meters, 754 analytical method, 114 analytical methods, 95 anger camera, 1152, 1174 angular acceleration, 318, 346 angular magnification, 945, 949 angular momentum, 336, 347 angular momentum quantum number, 1093, 1102 angular velocity, 189, 212 antielectron, 1128, 1140 antimatter, 1126, 1140 antinode, 575, 579, 604, 620 approximation, 31 approximations, 29 arc length, 188, 212 archimedes’ principle, 372, 388 astigmatism, 935, 949 atom, 1064, 1102 atomic de-excitation, 1082, 1102 atomic excitation, 1082, 1102 atomic mass, 1120, 1140 atomic number, 1096, 1103, 1120, 1140 atomic spectra, 1032, 1055 average acceleration, 43, 76, 75 average speed, 41, 75 average velocity, 40, 75 avogadro’s number, 444, 461 axions, 1225, 1230 axis of a polarizing filter, 979, 988