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  2. List of common physics notations - Wikipedia

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    kappa: torsion coefficient also called torsion constant newton meter per radian (N⋅m/rad) lambda: cosmological constant: per second squared (s −2) wavelength: meter (m) linear charge density: coulomb per meter (C/m) eigenvalue: non-zero vector: mu: magnetic moment

  3. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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    Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities. In these contexts, the capital letters and the small letters represent distinct and unrelated entities.

  4. Heat capacity ratio - Wikipedia

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    For example, terrestrial air is primarily made up of diatomic gases (around 78% nitrogen, N 2, and 21% oxygen, O 2), and at standard conditions it can be considered to be an ideal gas. The above value of 1.4 is highly consistent with the measured adiabatic indices for dry air within a temperature range of 0–200 °C, exhibiting a deviation of ...

  5. List of letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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    Latin and Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities.

  6. Kappa–mechanism - Wikipedia

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    The kappa opacity mechanism is the driving mechanism behind the changes in luminosity of many types of pulsating variable stars. The term Eddington valve has been used for this mechanism, but this is increasingly obsolete. [1] Here, the Greek letter kappa (κ) is used to indicate the radiative opacity at any particular depth of the stellar ...

  7. Kappa - Wikipedia

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    Variant kappa Greek word καί written with a handwritten variant of kappa, from the Byzantine period. Kappa (/ ˈ k æ p ə /; [1] uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or cursive ϰ; Greek: κάππα, káppa) is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive IPA: sound in Ancient and Modern Greek.

  8. List of dimensionless quantities - Wikipedia

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    Standard symbol Definition Field of application Basic reproduction number: number of infections caused on average by an infectious individual over entire infectious period: epidemiology: Body fat percentage: total mass of fat divided by total body mass, multiplied by 100: biology Kt/V: Kt/V

  9. High-κ dielectric - Wikipedia

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    In the semiconductor industry, the term high-κ dielectric refers to a material with a high dielectric constant (κ, kappa), as compared to silicon dioxide.High-κ dielectrics are used in semiconductor manufacturing processes where they are usually used to replace a silicon dioxide gate dielectric or another dielectric layer of a device.