Physics definitions

1. Deceleration- decrease in vel;ocity per unit time

2. Deceleration- decrease in velocity oer unitttime
3. Speed-dsitance trsavlled per unit
4. Velocity- distance travelled per unit time in a specified direction
5. Acceleration- change in velocity oer unit time
6. Acceleration- change I velocity per unit time
7. Mass- th3 amount of substance in a body / amount of matter in a bod
8. Weight- the gravitqationsl force by which a body is pulled downwards.
9. Weight- the gravitational force by which a boyd is pulled downwards
10.Gravitarunao field strength- thet gravitational forcebexrerted per
unit ,ass
11.Gravitational field strength- the grqvitaional forfe exerted per unit mass
12.Displa ement- distanced travelled in a secific direction
13.Dostance- the total
14.Gravitational field strength- gravitionalforce exerted per unit mass
15.Period- the time taken to complete one oscillation
16.[period- time taken for one complete oscillation
17.Period- time taken for one complete oscillation
18.Frequency- the number of complete osclllatiosn in one second
19.Frequency- the number of compete oscillatin sin one second
20.Period- the time taken for one cmolete osicllaio
21. Inertia- the propetty by which a body resits tonchange its state of rest
or uniform motion
22.Inertia is the property by which a body resists to chsg eits state of rest
or uniform motion.
23.Inertia oroerty by whib boy reists to change its stte of rest r unfiorm
moton
24.Density- mass per unit vokume of a body
25.Density mas oerunit volume of a body
26.Sclat – magnitiude, vector- magnitude and direction
27. Newtons first law of motion- every body continues to be in a stet of rest
or continues to move in a straight line atconstant speed unkess a
resuktant forceacts on it
28.Newtons first law- every boydcontinues to remain in a state of rrst/ 莫
vErin a straight line at constant peed unless andresultant force acts on it
29.Newtons 3rd law- if a frce fis exerted fro body a to body b. bpdy b exerts
the dameofrce f onto body a but in the opposite direction
30.Friction- an opposing force that acts between two surfaces in contactand
slows down a moving bid and generates heat
31. Every body continuesto remain in a state of rest/ move in a straight line
at constant speed unless a rf acts in it
32. Thinking time- time taken to react after seeing the obstacle and before
the brakes are applied
33.Thinking time- time taken to react after seeing the obstacle and before
applying the brakes
34.Braking time- period of time while the brakes are being applied
35.Stopping time- total time taken to stop the vehicle once the driver sees
the obstacle. \
36.Stopping time-mtotal time to stop the vehicle once the driver sees the
obstavle
37.Thinking distance- dtsance travelled by the vehicle after the driver sees
the obstavle but before the brakes are applied
38. Raking dstance- distance moved by the car while the brakes are being
applied
39.Braking distance- distance moved by vehicle while the brakes rbeing
applied
40.Stopping distance- it is the total distance travelled by the car once the
driver sees the obstacle until the car comes to rest
41.Stopping distance- total distance travelled by the vehicle once the driver
sees the osvtavle until the vehicle comes to rest
42. Spring constant- it is the force exerted per unit extension of a spring
43.Spring constant- forceexerted per unit extension of spring
44.Sprint constant- force exerted per unit extension of a spring
45.Limit of proportionalotu- a point on a load-extesion graph afterwhic the
grapu isa urve
46.Limit f proprtioakity- oint ob a load-extension graph after which the
graph is a cruve
47. Moment of a force- product of force and perpendicular distance of the
time of action of the force from the pivot
48.Moment of a force- the product of force and perpendicular distance of
theline of action of the force from the pivot
49.Moment of force- product of the force and perpensicukar distance of
the line of action of force from the pivot
50. Principle of moents- when a body is balanced, the sm of clockwise
moemtns about a pivot is ewuak to the sum of anticlockwise moments
abut the same pivot
51.Princioke of moents- when a body is balanced, the sum of clockwise
moments about a pivot is ewauk to the sum of anti coocwise moments
about the same pivot
52.Centre of mass- point through which the weight of the pbject seems the
act
53.Centre of mass- poiunt through which the weight of the object seems to
act
54.Centreif mass- ooint thru which the wieught of an object seems to act
55.Stabikity- the abukity of a body to come back to its original positions
after beng tiler sklightky
56.Stabikity isth abikity of a body to return to its original postio adfter being
tilted skightoy
57. Momentum is the product of mass and velocity of a body
58.Moment- product of mass and velcoty of a body
59.Moment- product of mass and velcotuy of a body
60.Momentum- orudct of mass and velocity of a body
61.Momentum- product of mass and velocity of a bod
62. Impulse- product of force and time fo which the force acts
63.Impulse- product of fofrce and time for which the force cts
64. Princuoke of conservation of momentum- it states that in a closed
system, the total momentum of the pbkect before id equal to the total
momentum of the objects after collision, provided thereis no external
force acting on them
65. Pruncopke if cinservatuion of momentum- in a closed system,total
momentum of objects before collessiion is equal to the total momentum
of pbkets after collision poridided no extermal force is acting on them
66.Resultant force- change in momentum per unit time
67.Resultant force- change in momentum per unit time
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