PHYSICS DICTIONARY

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Mobility

 Drift velocity of charge carriers per unit electric field


Mode

If the same value appears a number of times in the data, this value is called mode.


Moderation

It is referred as method of slowing down of neutrons in the range from fission energies to roughly below 1eV.


Moderator

Substance used to reduce the energy of neutrons, called thermalization. Good moderator is a substance having low absorption crossection, low atomic weight and high scattering crossection.

(or)

 Substance which can slow down neutrons with minimum absorption. Generally moderators do shall have i) Large scattering crossection ii) Small absorption coefficient iii) Low atomic number


Modulation

Process of sending electrical audio signal by superimposing it on high frequency carrier wave for easy transmission to longer distances.

or

The transmission of electrical energy radiatively is practicable only at high frequencies e.g., above 20KHz . In order to transmit audio signal properly, process of superimposing electrical audio signal on high frequency carrier wave. The resultant waves are known as modulation waves and process is called modulation.


Modulus of Elasticity

The ratio of stress to strain when deformation is totally elastic; it is measure of stiffness of a material.


Modulus of Resilience

The strain energy per unit volume required stress a material from an unloaded state up to the point of yield.   


Modulus of Rigidity

The ratio of tangential stress to shearing strain within the elastic limit is called rigidity modulus.


Molar Gas Constant

The molar gas constant, also known as the universal molar gas constant, is a physical constant that appears in an equation defining the behavior of a gas under theoretically ideal conditions. The gas constant is, by convention, symbolized R. The gas constant has been found, by experiment, to have a value of approximately 8.3145 Joules per Kelvin per Mole (J · K-1 · mol-1).


Molar Specific Heat

Amount of heat required to raise the temperature by one degree centigrade or one Kelvin.


Molarity

Chemical quantity used to describe concentration of solute in solution. It is defined as no. of moles of solute per liter of solution.


Molding

Shaping a plastic material by forcing it , under pressure and at an elevated temperature  is called as a molding.


Mole

It is the quantity of a substance, which corresponds to Avogadro’s number i.e. 6.023 x 1023 atoms.   


Mole

Quantity of any substance whose mass, in grams is numerically equal to its molecular weight is called a mole.


Molecular Range

The maximum distance up to which a molecule exerts force of attraction is called as molecular range.


Molecular Spectrum

Spectrum which arises from rotation of a molecule as a whole and vibrations of its constituent atoms relative to one another as well as changes in its electronic configuration.


Molecular Weight

It is the sum of atomic weights of all atoms in a molecule.   


Molecule

A molecule is the smallest particle in a chemical element or compound that has chemical properties of that element or compound. Molecules are made up of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds.


Moment of Inertia

 It is the inertia of rotation of a body about the given axis.


Momentum

Physical quantity which represents product of mass and velocity is called momentum.


Monochromatic Aberration

Aberrations formed in images formed by spherical mirrors and lenses when the source of light is monochromatic.


Monochromatic light

Technically light having single wave length is referred to as monochromatic wavelength. But no electromagnetic wave is purely monochromatic. Hence monochromatic light is said to have a wavelength within a short wavelength range.   

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