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Spectral line A spectral line is the signature of atoms of the various ...	Spectrometry Physics Spectrometry refers to the various methods of ...
Spectrum Physics A spectrum is a plot of the contribution (e.g. in ...	Spherical aberration When light rays passing through the edges of a lens do not ...
Spin The spin of a particle is its intrinsic angular momentum. ...	Spin ice Spin ices are ferromagnetic media that are magnetised in a ...
Spinplasmonics Spinplasmonics is the name that was given in May 2007 by a ...	Spintronics Or spin electronics. A new discipline that uses a magnetic ...
Squark Squarks are the supersymmetric partners of quarks. They are ...	SQUID Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices or SQUIDs are ...
Stall angle In aviation the stall angle is when the angle between the ...	Stellarator A stellarator is a device used to confine a hot plasma ...
Sterile neutrino Sterile neutrons are hypothetical particles that are related ...	Stimulated emission The classical description of stimulated emission is that an ...
Strange quark The strange quark is a particle of matter. It is one of the ...	String theory String theory was initially conceived as an alternative to ...
Sub-critical reactor In a reactor, nuclear fission is initiated by bombarding ...	Sublimation Sublimation means passing from the solid state to the ...
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect TheSunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZ) is an important physical ...	Super-Kamiokande The Super-Kamiokande is a Japanese neutrino detector. It ...