Letter T - Physics dictionary by Futura-Sciences

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Tack A product is tacky when it sticks to itself or to something ...	Tau A tau is a lepton. It is the replica of the electron in the ...
Tau neutrino A tau neutrino is one of the three known flavours of ...	Temperature Temperature is a physical quantity related to heat and cold. ...
Tendex line Kip Thorne and his colleagues introduced the concepts of ...	Tensor A tensor is a mathematical object of a multi-dimensional ...
Tesla The tesla is the unit of magnetic induction (symbol: T)The ...	Thermal conductivity In physics, thermal conductivity is the quantity that ...
Thermal energy Thermal energy is the kinetic energy caused by the motion of ...	Thermal insulator A thermal insulator is a material that reduces heat loss, ...
Thermodynamic temperature The thermodynamic temperature is the temperature defined ...	Thermodynamics Thermodynamics is the branch of physics and chemistry ...
Third law of thermodynamics The third law of thermodynamics, called Nernst's theorem, ...	Three Mile Island nuclear accident The accident that occurred on 28 March 1979 in the Three ...
Thrust Thrust is the force delivered by a rocket engine resulting ...	Tidal force The tidal force is the gravitational acceleration which ...
Time Time is a continuous physical quantity making it possible to ...	Top quark The top quark is a particle of matter. It is one of the six ...
Torsion Torsion is a method to mechanically stress a deformable ...	Toughness An expression of the rupture behaviour of a material in the ...