Index: A
aberration
absolute error
absolute maximum
absolute minimum
absolute temperature
absolute value
absolute zero
absorbed dose
absorption
absorption line spectrum
absorption lines
absorption spectrum
absorption transition
AC circuit, a.c. circuit
AC, a.c.
acceleration
acceleration due to gravity
accommodated (eye)
accuracy
achromatic doublet
acoustic energy
acoustic wave
acoustics
actinides
activity
activity law
acute angle
addition (of vectors)
addition formulae
addition identities
adiabat
adiabatic
adiabatic condition
adiabatic process
adjacent side
air friction
air resistance
Airy disc
Airy pattern
alcohol-in-glass thermometer
algebra
algebraic
algebraic division
algebraic expression
algebraic sum
alkali metals
alloy
alpha-decay
alpha-particle
alternate angles
alternating current, a.c.
alternator
ammeter
amount of substance
ampere, A
amplitude
angle
angle of contact
angle of deviation
angle of dip
angle of incidence
angle of inclination
angle of reflection
angle of refraction
angular acceleration
angular frequency
angular limit of resolution
angular magnification
angular momentum
angular position
angular probability density
angular resolving power
angular speed
angular velocity
angular wavenumber
angular wave vector
anharmonic oscillations
anharmonic oscillator
anion
annulus
anode
antidifferentiation
antilog
antilogarithmic function
antinode
antiparallel (vectors)
antiparticle
anti-phase
anti-reflection coating
antisymmetric function
aperture
aperture stop
apparatus
apparent depth
approximation
aqueous humour
arbitrary constants
arc
arc length
arccos, arcsin, arctan, arccosec, arcsec, arccot
arccosh, arcsinh, arctanh, arccosech, arcsech, arccoth
Archimedes' principle
area
area between two graphs
area under a graph
Argand diagram
argument (of a function)
argument (of a complex number)
arithmetic
arithmetic progression
arithmetic series
articulated body
aspheric lens
aspheric surface
astronomical telescope
asymptote
asymptotically
atmosphere, atm
atmospheric pressure
atom
atomic force microscope
atomic mass unit, u
atomic number
attenuation coefficient
auxiliary equation
average
average a.c. power
average acceleration
average angular speed
average speed
average value of a function
average velocity
Avogadro's constant
Avogadro's hypothesis
Avogadro's number
axes
axis of rotation
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