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  2. Lambda (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Lambda (written λ, in lowercase) is a non-SI unit of volume equal to 10 −9 m 3, 1 cubic millimetre (mm 3) or 1 microlitre (μL). Introduced by the BIPM in 1880, [ 1 ] the lambda has been used in chemistry [ 2 ] and in law for measuring volume, but its use is not recommended.

  3. List of optics equations - Wikipedia

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    Visulization of flux through differential area and solid angle. As always ^ is the unit normal to the incident surface A, = ^, and ^ is a unit vector in the direction of incident flux on the area element, θ is the angle between them.

  4. Wavelength - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] In other words, it is the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same phase on the wave, such as two adjacent crests, troughs, or zero crossings. Wavelength is a characteristic of both traveling waves and standing waves, as well as other spatial wave patterns. [3] [4] The inverse of the wavelength is called the spatial ...

  5. Equivalent width - Wikipedia

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    The equivalent width of a spectral line is a measure of the area of the line on a plot of intensity versus wavelength in relation to underlying continuum level. It is found by forming a rectangle with a height equal to that of continuum emission, and finding the width such that the area of the rectangle is equal to the area in the spectral line.

  6. List of common physics notations - Wikipedia

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    radian per meter (m1) Boltzmann constant: joule per kelvin (J/K) wavenumber: radian per meter (m1) stiffness: newton per meter (N⋅m1) ^ Cartesian z-axis basis unit vector unitless angular momentum: newton meter second (N⋅m⋅s or kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −1)

  7. Optical flat - Wikipedia

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    How interference works. The distance between the bright fringe (a) and the dark fringe (b) indicates a change in the light path length of 1/2 the wavelength, so a change of the width of the gap of 1/4 wavelength. So the distance between two bright or dark fringes indicates a change in the gap of 1/2 wavelength.

  8. Jurin's law - Wikipedia

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    For a water-filled glass tube in air at standard conditions for temperature and pressure, γ = 0.0728 N/m at 20 °C, ρ = 1000 kg/m 3, and g = 9.81 m/s 2. Because water spreads on clean glass, the effective equilibrium contact angle is approximately zero. [4] For these values, the height of the water column is

  9. Full width at half maximum - Wikipedia

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    Full width at half maximum. In a distribution, full width at half maximum (FWHM) is the difference between the two values of the independent variable at which the dependent variable is equal to half of its maximum value. In other words, it is the width of a spectrum curve measured between those points on the y-axis which are half the maximum ...