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Power factor, 360 Resistance (Cont.):
Power gain, 183 internal, 294
Powers of ten, 5 thermal, 260
prefixes for, 9 Resistance thermometer, 280
Pressure, 162, 191 Resistivity, 279
absolute. 191 Resistors in parallel, 290
atmospheric, 191 Resistors in series, 288
boiling point and, 218 Resolving power, 411
in a fluid, 192 Resolving a vector, 23
gauge, 191 Resonance, 359, 364
and velocity, 206 Resonance frequency, 359, 364
Probability density, 424 Rest energy, 81
Projectile motion, 42 Restitution, coefficient of, 94
Proton, 266, 444 Restoring force, 166
Pulley system, 148, 154 Resultant of vectors, 17, 22, 25
Pythagorean theorem, 20 Retentivity, 328
Reynolds number, 208
Quanta, 414 Right triangle, 19
Quantities, table of physical, 455 Rocket thrust, 90
Quantum numbers, 421, 424 Rolling friction, 68
Quantum theory of atom, 424 Root of a quantity, 4
Quantum theory of light, 413 Rotational energy, 118
Rotational equilibrium, 133
Radar, 180 Rotational motion, 112
Radian, 112 and torque, 117
Radiation, 262
Radioactive decay, 445 Satellite motion, 107
Radiocarbon, 447 Saturated air, 235
Radius of gyration, 118 Saturation, magnetic, 329
Rankine scale, 227 Scalar quantities, 17
Ray tracing: Screw, 151
for lenses, 398 Second law of motion, 50
for spherical mirrors, 388 Self-inductance, 339
Reactance, 352 Semiconductor, 277, 434, 435
Reaction, chain, 444 Semiconductor diode, 436
nuclear, 443 Series:
Reaction force, 58 capacitors in, 310
Real image, 388 inductors in, 340
Real object, 388 resistors in, 288
Reciprocals, 4 Shear, 157
Reflection of light, 377 Shear modulus, 160
total internal, 381 Shells, electron, 425
Refraction, index of, 378 Significant figures, 10
Refraction of light, 378 Simple harmonic motion, 167
Refrigerant, 252 Sine, 20
Refrigerator, 252 Sliding friction, 68
Relative density, 191 Slug, 53
Relative humidity, 235 Snell’s law, 378
Relativity, theory of, 188 Solenoid, 321
Resistance: inductance of, 339
electrical, 278 magnetic flux in, 336
equivalent, 288, 290 Solid angle, 373