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Schrödinger's cat Schrödinger's cat is a familiar way of referring to a ...	Second The second is the legal (SI) unit of time (symbol: ...
Second law of thermodynamics The second law of thermodynamics states that the total ...	Second order parametric interactions From a so-called pump wave of frequency , optical parametric ...
Selectron The selectron is the supersymmetric partner of the electron. ...	Semiconductor laser A semiconductor laser is one in which the excited medium is ...
Siemens Unit of conductance (symbol: S). Conductance is the ...	SIM microscopy The SIM, or super-high resolution microscope, is a new ...
SLAC SLAC is the acronym of the Stanford Linear Accelerator ...	Solenoid A solenoid is a device consisting of an electric wire wound ...
Solid solution A solid solution is a mixture formed by dissolving the atoms ...	Solid state laser A solid state laser is one in which the excited medium is a ...
Soliton A soliton is a solitary wave that propagates without ...	Solvay congress The Solvay congresses are scientific physics and chemistry ...
Sonoluminescence When certain gas bubbles appear in a liquid and begin to ...	Space-time Space-time is a mathematical entity that, in Einstein's ...
Space-time diagram A space-time diagram is one on which time is on a vertical ...	Special relativity The theory of special relativity was enunciated by Einstein ...
Specific impulse Specific impulse is the ratio of the thrust delivered by a ...	Spectral colour A spectral colour is a colour originating from the ...