Physical constants of benzene and selected arenes — ▪ Table Physical constants of benzene and selected arenes name boiling point (°C) melting point (°C) benzene 80.1 b;5.5 toluene 110.6 −95 ethylbenzene 136.2 −94 p xylene 138.4 b;13 styrene 145 −30.6 naphthalene 218 b;80.3… … Universalium
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Physical constant — A physical constant is a physical quantity that is generally believed to be both universal in nature and constant in time. It can be contrasted with a mathematical constant, which is a fixed numerical value but does not directly involve any… … Wikipedia
physical constant — any of a set of fundamental invariant quantities observed in nature and appearing in the basic theoretical equations of physics. Accurate evaluation of these constants is essential in order to check the correctness of the theories and to allow… … Universalium
Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… … Universalium
Physical modelling synthesis — In sound synthesis, physical modelling synthesis refers to methods in which the waveform of the sound to be generated is computed by using a mathematical model, being a set of equations and algorithms to simulate a physical source of sound,… … Wikipedia
Dimensionless physical constant — In physics, a dimensionless physical constant (sometimes fundamental physical constant) is a universal physical constant that is dimensionless having no unit attached, so its numerical value is the same under all possible systems of units. The… … Wikipedia
System of Physical Quantities — of Nikolay A. Plotnikov (SPQ) the classification of physical quantities or physical operators, that makes it possible to reveal their dependence on the geometry of space time and fundamental physical constants in the form of differential… … Wikipedia
Mathematical descriptions of physical laws — For worded descriptions and criteria of physical laws, see Physical law. For the nomenclature used see Physical quantity and Defining equation (physics). Physical laws are often summarized by a single equation, or at least a small set of… … Wikipedia
Oort constants — The Oort constants (discovered by Jan Oort) A and B are empirically derived parameters that characterize the local rotational properties of our galaxy, the Milky Way, in the following manner: where V0 and R0 are the rotational velocity and… … Wikipedia