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  2. Time in physics - Wikipedia

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    In physics, sometimes units of measurement in which c = 1 are used to simplify equations. Time in a "moving" reference frame is shown to run more slowly than in a "stationary" one by the following relation (which can be derived by the Lorentz transformation by putting ∆x′ = 0, ∆τ = ∆t′):

  3. Imaginary time - Wikipedia

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    Imaginary time is a mathematical representation of time that appears in some approaches to special relativity and quantum mechanics. It finds uses in certain cosmological theories. Mathematically, imaginary time is real time which has undergone a Wick rotation so that its coordinates are multiplied by the imaginary unit i .

  4. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    The Jiffy is the amount of time light takes to travel one femtometre (about the diameter of a nucleon). The Planck time is the time that light takes to travel one Planck length. The TU (for time unit) is a unit of time defined as 1024 μs for use in engineering. The svedberg is a time unit used for sedimentation rates (usually

  5. Lists of physics equations - Wikipedia

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    In physics, there are equations in every field to relate physical quantities to each other and perform calculations. Entire handbooks of equations can only summarize most of the full subject, else are highly specialized within a certain field. Physics is derived of formulae only.

  6. Time evolution - Wikipedia

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    Then by the definition of F, F t, s (x) is the state of the system at time t and consequently applying the definition once more, F u, t (F t, s (x)) is the state at time u. But this is also F u, s (x). In some contexts in mathematical physics, the mappings F t, s are called propagation operators or simply propagators.

  7. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical equation which describes the time evolution of wave functions in quantum mechanics. simple harmonic motion simple machine A mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force. In general, a set of six classical simple machines identified by Renaissance scientists drawing from Greek texts on technology are ...

  8. Mean motion - Wikipedia

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    Kepler's 3rd law of planetary motion states, the square of the periodic time is proportional to the cube of the mean distance, [4] or , where a is the semi-major axis or mean distance, and P is the orbital period as above.

  9. List of equations in wave theory - Wikipedia

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    General definition (allows for FM): = / For non-FM waves this reduces to: = / In practice N is set to 1 cycle and t = T = time period for 1 cycle, to obtain the more useful relation: = / Hz = s −1 [T] −1