Physics

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• polarisation

  The action or process of affecting radiation and especially light so that the vibrations of the wave assume a definite form
• pole

  The fixed point in a system of polar coordinates that serves as the origin
• polyatomic

  Containing more than one and especially more than two atoms
• position

  The point or area occupied by a physical object
• positive

  Real and numerically greater than zero; Having higher electric potential and constituting the part from which the current flows to the external circuit
• positron

  A positively charged particle having the same mass and magnitude of charge as the electron and constituting the antiparticle of the electron
• potential

  The work required to move a unit positive charge from a reference point (as at infinity) to a point in question.
• potential energy

  The stored energy in an object due to its position, properties, and forces acting on it.
• power (rate of energy transfer)

  The time rate at which work is done or energy emitted or transferred.
• precision

  The degree of refinement with which an operation is performed or a measurement stated
• prediction

  A statement/theory that foretells on the basis of observation, experience, or scientific reason
• prefix

  An affix attached to the beginning of a word, base, or phrase and serving to produce a derivative word or an inflectional form
• pressure

  The application of force to something by something else in direct contact with it.
• prime

  Having no polynomial factors other than itself and no monomial factors other than 1.
• principle

  A comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption.
• prism

  A transparent body that is bounded in part by two nonparallel plane faces and is used to refract or disperse a beam of light.
• probability

  The chance that a given event will occur.
• process

  A natural phenomenon marked by gradual changes that lead toward a particular result.
• product

  The number or expression resulting from the multiplication together of two or more numbers or expressions.
• product

  A new substance formed in a chemical reaction.
• project

  A specific plan or design
• projectile

  A body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia Especially : a missile for a weapon (such as a firearm).
• proof

  The process or an instance of establishing the validity of a statement especially by derivation from other statements in accordance with principles of reasoning.
• proportion

  The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
• proton

  An elementary particle that is identical with the nucleus of the hydrogen atom, that along with the neutron is a constituent of all other atomic nuclei, that carries a positive charge numerically equal to the charge of an electron, and that has a mass of 1.673 × 10−27 kilogram