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    Deflection is a change in a moving object's velocity, hence its trajectory, as a consequence of contact (collision) with a surface or the influence of...
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  • (engineering), the displacement of a structural element under load Deflection (physics), the event where an object collides and bounces against a plane...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bounce or The Bounce may refer to: Deflection (physics), the event where an object collides with and bounces against a plane...
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    Motion (redirect from Motion (physics))
    Rotary motion Physics portal Deflection (physics) – Change in a moving object's trajectory due to a collision or force field Flow (physics) – Aspects of...
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    J. J. Thomson (category Nobel laureates in Physics)
    (Physics 1915), Charles Barkla (Physics 1917), Francis Aston (Chemistry 1922), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (Physics 1927), Owen Richardson (Physics 1928)...
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    Scattering (redirect from Deflection angle)
    In physics, scattering is a wide range of physical processes where moving particles or radiation of some form, such as light or sound, are forced to deviate...
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  • Thumbnail for Electrostatic deflection (molecular physics/nanotechnology)
    In molecular physics/nanotechnology, electrostatic deflection is the deformation of a beam-like structure/element bent by an electric field. It can be...
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  • acceleration/deflection structures in the radio frequency range). Optics with an emphasis on geometrical optics (beam focusing and bending) and laser physics (laser-particle...
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  • Rutherford scattering experiments (category Foundational quantum physics)
    electrons of the atom and the positive background sphere would lead to a tiny deflection, but many such collisions could add up.: 274  The scattering of alpha...
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  • Soares, Domingos S. L. (2009). "Newtonian gravitational deflection of light revisited". arXiv:physics/0508030. Will, C.M. (December 2014). "The Confrontation...
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  • The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed...
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  • and Speed on the Lateral Deflection (Curve) of a Baseball; and the Magnus Effect for Smooth Spheres". American Journal of Physics. 27 (8): 589–596. Bibcode:1959AmJPh...
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  • magnetic moments can be experimentally observed in several ways, e.g. by the deflection of particles by inhomogeneous magnetic fields in a Stern–Gerlach experiment...
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    constitutes the first successful attempt at asteroid deflection. In 2027, China plans to launch a deflection mission to the near-Earth object 2015 XF261, with...
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    Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations...
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    Plum pudding model (category Foundational quantum physics)
    distance b from the centre. The path is assumed to have a very small deflection and therefore is treated here as a straight line. Inside a sphere of uniformly...
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  • Thumbnail for Atomic force microscopy
    sample will change the deflection of the cantilever. The feedback then adjusts the height of the probe support so that the deflection is restored to a user-defined...
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    monitors and TVs the beams are bent by magnetic deflection, using a deflection yoke. Electrostatic deflection is commonly used in oscilloscopes. The tube...
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  • Thumbnail for Gravitational lens
    gravitational lens produces a maximum deflection of light that passes closest to its center, and a minimum deflection of light that travels furthest from...
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    example neglects the effects of tire sliding, suspension dipping, real deflection of all ideally rigid mechanisms, etc. Another example of significant jerk...
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    exerts a horizontal force F = (−kx, 0, 0) that is proportional to its deflection in the x direction independent of how a body moves. The work of this spring...
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  • Thumbnail for Two-photon physics
    Two-photon physics, also called gamma–gamma physics, is a branch of particle physics that describes the interactions between two photons. Normally, beams...
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    Gravity (redirect from Fg (physics))
    In physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight'), also known as gravitation or a gravitational interaction, is a fundamental interaction, a mutual attraction...
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  • Thumbnail for Ballistic deflection transistor
    Ballistic deflection transistors (BDTs) are electronic devices, developed since 2006, for high-speed integrated circuits, which is a set of circuits bounded...
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    pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nuclear physics", and "the greatest experimentalist since Michael...
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  • solid-state physics, which developed greatly in the first half of the 20th century. In 1878 Edwin Herbert Hall demonstrated the deflection of flowing charge...
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    vibrationally excited molecule. Physics portal Born–Oppenheimer approximation Electrostatic deflection (molecular physics/nanotechnology) Molecular energy...
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  • Rigidity (electromagnetism) (category Accelerator physics)
    In particle physics, rigidity R {\displaystyle R} is a measure of the resistance of a particle to deflection by magnetic fields, defined as the particle's...
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  • Experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in the field of physics that are concerned with the observation of physical phenomena...
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  • area, a property of an object related to its resistance to bending and deflection Polar moment of inertia, a property of an object related to its resistance...
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