Download Greek Alphabet and Science - MR. MADDEN

Physics 2013
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Greek letters are not only fundamental to our
writing system and language, but also to our
scientific and mathematic communities as they
are often used to symbolize certain concepts.
As this will be extremely important to your
year’s work, you should take excellent notes on
everything important!
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Angular Acceleration (physics)
Thermal coefficient of expansion (chemistry)
Helium atom (chemistry and physics)
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Beta particles or electrons (chemistry and
physics)
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gamma radiation (physics and chemistry)
Surface energy in (materials science)
the Lorentz factor in theory of relativity
(physics)
The heat capacity ratio Cp/Cv in
thermodynamics (physics)
The activity coefficient in thermodynamics
(physics)
And many more….
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Change (ALL science and math)
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Arbitrarily small positive quantity (math)
Limit Ordinal in set theory (math)
Ratio of extension (physics)
Electromagnetic field of a circuit (physics)
The brightest star in a constellation
(astronomy)
And many more…
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Damping ratio of a spring (physics)
Effective nuclear charge (chemistry)
Heat flux through a plane (materials science)
Lag angle through a blade (engineering)
And many more…
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Refractive index (physics)
7th Brightest star in a constellation (astronomy)
Elasticity (economics)
DNA polymerase found in higher eukaryotic
cells(biology)
And many more…
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Plane angle (math and physics)
Population mutation rate (biology)
Earth day (earth science)
Brain signal frequency (neurobiology)
And many more…
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Used in APL and Go programming (Computer
science)
Imaginary #s (math)
Unit vector (math and statistics)
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Compressibility of a compound (Chemistry)
Opioid receptors (pharmacology)
Torsional constant (physics)
Diagnostic reliability (psychology)
And more…
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Symbol for ‘Aphex Twin’ (Pop Music)
Wavelength (Physics)
Conductance of a electrolyte solution (chem)
Radioactive decay constant (physics)
Charge density (physics)
Type of particle (physics and chemistry)
King Louis XIII ‘s monogram and the symbol
for the Spartan Army (History
And many more…
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Coefficient of friction (physics)
Magnetic dipole moment (physics)
Important opioid receptor (pharmacology)
Symbol for muon particle (physics and chem)
Average population (statistics)
Mu major cord (music)
And many more…
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Stoichometric coefficient (chemistry)
DNA polymerase in higher eukaryotes
(biology)
Degree of freedom (statistics)
Frequency (physics)
And many more…
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Important part of protein in embryonic red
blood cells (biology)
A universal set (set theory)
And many more…
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13th star in a constellation
Planet in Futurama and Star Trek
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Hopefully we know what this is…
Ratio of circumference to diameter (math and
physics)
A type of elementary particle: pi meson
(physics)
Osmotic pressure (chemistry)
Profit (economics)
And more…
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Density (physics)
Resistivity (physics)
Charge density (physics)
Discount rate (economics)
Important RNA protein (biology)
And many more
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Type of bond (chemistry)
Type of receptor (biology)
Boltzmann constant (physics)
Surface tension (physics)
Electrical conductivity (physics)
And more…
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Torque (physics)
Tau lepton particle (physics)
Specific tax amount (economics)
Type of chicken (jk)
Golden ratio (math)
And more…
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Type of particle (physics)
A type of car
One other nonsensical thing…
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Electrical potential (physics)
Work (physics)
Angle of friction or second angle mentioned
(math and physics)
An aromatic containing compound (chemistry)
And more…
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Abbreviation for Christ
600
Frequently used in statistics
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Wave function (physics)
Type of meson particle (physics)
Freaky rare acid symbol and specific angle in
proteins (biochemistry)
A type of sword (killing)
And more…
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The end (whew!)
Ohm or resistance (physics)
Angular velocity (physics)
A type of baryon particle (physics)
Density of the universe (astronomy)
Oxygen-18 (chemistry)
And more…
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San (M)
Digamma (F)
Stigma
Qoppa
Sampi
Sho
Heta
Tsan
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Perhaps a quiz next time….
Remember… I only focus on what’s
IMPORTANT, just like you should have in
your notes!