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occams or ockhams razor william of occam or ockham c 1340the recommendation that the simpler a theory is the better if two of the theories predict
null experimentan experiment that yields no result after being executed null experiments are just as meaningful as non-null experiments if current
noether theorem noethera theorem which revels that symmetries are what gives increase to conserved quantities for example translational symmetry the
newtons laws of motion sir i newtonnewtons first law of motion a body remain continues in its state of constant velocity that may be zero unless it
newtons law of universal gravitation sir i newtontwo bodies attract to each other with equal amp opposite forces the magnitude of this force is
newton n after sir i newton 1642-1727the derived si unit of force explained as the force needed to give a mass of 1 kg an acceleration of 1 ms2 thus
negative feedback principlethe idea that in a system where there are self-propagating conditions those new conditions tend to act against earlier
muon experimentan experiment which reveals verification of the prediction of time dilation by special relativity muons that are short-lived subatomic
mole molthe basic si unit of substance explained as the amount of substance which contains as many elementary units molecules atoms ions etc as there
millikan oil drop experiment ra millikana popular experiment designed to compute the electronic charge drops of oil were carried past a consistent
michelson-morley experiment aa michelson ew morley 1887probably the most popular null-experiment of all time designed to check the presence of the
metre meter mthe basic si unit of length explained as the length of the path traveled through light in vacuum throughout a period of 1299 792 458
meissner effect w meissner 1933the reduction of the magnetic flux in a superconducting metal while it is cooled below the transition temperature ie
mediocrity principlethe principle that there is nothing specifically interesting regarding our place in space or time or about ourselves this
amperes law modified formthe line integral of the magnetic field about a closed curve is proportional to the total of two terms first one the
faradays law the line integral of the electric field about a closed curve is proportional to the instant time rate of change of the magnetic flux by
gauss law for magnetic fields the magnetic flux by a closed surface is zero no magnetic charges present in differential formdiv b
gauss lawthe electric flux by a closed surface is proportional to the algebraic total of electric charges contained in that closed surface in
maxwells equations jc maxwell 1864four elegant equations that describe classical electromagnetism in its entire splendor are
maxwells demon jc maxwella thought experiment demonstrating the concepts of entropy we have a container of gas that is partitioned in two equal sides
malus law el malusthe light intensity i of a ray along initial intensity i0 travelling by a polarizer at an angle theta among the polarization of the
magnus effectin a moving fluid a rotating cylinder drags some of the fluid around with it in its direction of rotation this enhances the speed in
magnetic monopolea hypothetical particle that sinks of the magnetic field amp constitutes sources magnetic monopoles have never been determined but
mach number e machthe ratio of the speed of an object in a provided medium to the speed of sound within that mediummachs principle e mach c 1870the
lyman seriesthe series which define the emission spectrum of hydrogen while electrons are jumping to the ground state all lines are in the