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  2. Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) - Wikipedia

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    In physics, the D-region of Earth's ionosphere is known to significantly absorb radio signals that fall within the high-frequency electromagnetic spectrum. In nuclear physics, absorption of nuclear radiations can be used for measuring the fluid levels, densitometry or thickness measurements. [2]

  3. Energy absorber - Wikipedia

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    A kinetic-energy absorbing medium, sometimes called a crash pit or runaway truck ramp; A shock absorber, a device to dampen spring rebound by expending work by forcing a fluid through ports, and so converting the mechanical energy to heat; In the context of Fall arrest, an energy absorber is a device that limits the energy of a falling body

  4. Dynamo theory - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic energy provided by planetary rotation; An internal energy source to drive convective motions within the fluid. [11] In the case of the Earth, the magnetic field is induced and constantly maintained by the convection of liquid iron in the outer core. A requirement for the induction of field is a rotating fluid.

  5. Gravitational energy - Wikipedia

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    For two pairwise interacting point particles, the gravitational potential energy is the work that an outside agent must do in order to quasi-statically bring the masses together (which is therefore, exactly opposite the work done by the gravitational field on the masses): = = where is the displacement vector of the mass, is gravitational force acting on it and denotes scalar product.

  6. Photoelectrochemical process - Wikipedia

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    The excess energy gives the released electron higher kinetic energy than the usual case of just-above threshold ionization. More precisely, the system will have multiple peaks in its photoelectron spectrum which are separated by the photon energies, this indicates that the emitted electron has more kinetic energy than in the normal (lowest ...

  7. MinutePhysics - Wikipedia

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    MinutePhysics is an educational YouTube channel created by Henry Reich in 2011. The channel's videos use whiteboard animation to explain physics-related topics. Early videos on the channel were approximately one minute long. [2] As of March 2024, the channel has over 5.7 million subscribers.

  8. Kinetic energy - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic energy is the movement energy of an object. Kinetic energy can be transferred between objects and transformed into other kinds of energy. [10] Kinetic energy may be best understood by examples that demonstrate how it is transformed to and from other forms of energy.

  9. Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) - Wikipedia

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    For any rocket propulsion, since the kinetic energy of exhaust goes up with velocity squared (kinetic energy = ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ mv 2), whereas the momentum and thrust go up with velocity linearly (momentum = mv), obtaining a particular level of thrust (as in a number of g acceleration) requires far more power each time that exhaust velocity and I ...