Displacement: distance in a specific direction from a point
Acceleration: change in velocity per time taken
Pinciple of superposition: when two waves meet at a point, the resultant displacement of the wave at
that point is equal to the vector sum of the displacements of the two waves.
Coherence: A constant phase difference between two waves
Center of gravity: point where all of the weight of the body is taken to act on
Displacement of progressive wave: Distance in a specified direction of a point on a wave from the
equilibrium position
Amplitude: Maximum displacement of point on a wave from mean position
Kirchoff’s second law: Algebraic sum of emfs is equal to the sum of pds around a closed circuit is zero
Resistance: potential difference across a conductor divided by the amount of electric current flowing
though it
Ohm: volt divided by ampere
Potential difference: Energy transferred from electric to other forms when one coloumb charge flows
across two points.
Wavelength: distance between two adjacent wavefronts in a wavel
Kirchoffs first law: Sum of electric current entering a juncion is equal to the sum of electric current out of
the junction in an electric circuit
Work done: Product of force acting on the body and the displacement in the direction of the force.
Inference: Sum of displacements of overlapping waves.
Node: Position in a stationary wave with zero amplitude
High Precision: The measurements have a small range
High accuracy: The measurements are close to the actual value
Volt: Joule per coloumb
Stress: Measurement of Force applied on an object per cross sectional area
Strain: Ratio of extended length to the original length of an object
Hook’s law: Compression/extention is directly proportional to the resultant force acting on the object
Density: Mass per unit volume of an object
Momentum: Product of mass and velocity of an object
Power: Work done per time taken
Polarisation: Phenomenon due to which oscillations in a transverse wave are in a single plane, which
contains the the direction of propagation.
Ohm’s law: Current through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference across the
conductor given that the temperature of the conductor remains constant
Fundamental Particle: Particle which cannot be broken down into anything smaller
Principle of equilibrium: In equilibrium, the total clockwise moment is equal to the total anticlockwise
moment about the same point.
Diffraction: spreading of wave as it passes through each slit
