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  2. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    absolute pressure Is zero-referenced against a perfect vacuum, using an absolute scale, so it is equal to gauge pressure plus atmospheric pressure. absolute scale Any system of measurement that begins at a minimum, or zero point, and progresses in only one direction. The zero point of an absolute scale is a natural minimum, leaving only one ...

  3. Thermodynamic state - Wikipedia

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    It's a measure of how hot or cold a system is. Pressure (P) is the force exerted by the particles of a system on a unit area of the container walls. Volume (V) refers to the space occupied by the system. Composition defines the amount of each component present for systems with more than one component (e.g., mixtures).

  4. Pressure system - Wikipedia

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    Map of pressure systems across North America. A pressure system is a peak or lull in the sea level pressure distribution, a feature of synoptic-scale weather.The surface pressure at sea level varies minimally, with the lowest value measured 87 kilopascals (26 inHg) and the highest recorded 108.57 kilopascals (32.06 inHg).

  5. Dynamic pressure - Wikipedia

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    Dynamic pressure is one of the terms of Bernoulli's equation, which can be derived from the conservation of energy for a fluid in motion. [1] At a stagnation point the dynamic pressure is equal to the difference between the stagnation pressure and the static pressure, so the dynamic pressure in a flow field can be measured at a stagnation point ...

  6. List of common physics notations - Wikipedia

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    non-zero vector: mu: magnetic moment: ampere square meter (A⋅m 2) coefficient of friction: unitless (dynamic) viscosity (also ) pascal second (Pa⋅s) permeability (electromagnetism) henry per meter (H/m) reduced mass: kilogram (kg) Standard gravitational parameter: cubic meter per second squared

  7. Zeroth law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    For example, if two systems of ideal gases are in joint thermodynamic equilibrium across an immovable diathermal wall, then ⁠ P 1 V 1 / N 1 ⁠ = ⁠ P 2 V 2 / N 2 ⁠ where P i is the pressure in the ith system, V i is the volume, and N i is the amount (in moles, or simply the number of atoms) of gas.

  8. Entropy (classical thermodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    Figure 1. A thermodynamic model system. Differences in pressure, density, and temperature of a thermodynamic system tend to equalize over time. For example, in a room containing a glass of melting ice, the difference in temperature between the warm room and the cold glass of ice and water is equalized by energy flowing as heat from the room to the cooler ice and water mixture.

  9. Interior Schwarzschild metric - Wikipedia

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    In Einstein's theory of general relativity, the interior Schwarzschild metric (also interior Schwarzschild solution or Schwarzschild fluid solution) is an exact solution for the gravitational field in the interior of a non-rotating spherical body which consists of an incompressible fluid (implying that density is constant throughout the body) and has zero pressure at the surface.