Questions tagged [definition]

The definition tag is used in situations where the question is either about how some term or concept is defined or where the validity of an answer depends on a subtle definition of some term or concept used in the question.

The definition tag is used in situations where the question is either about how some term or concept is defined or where the validity of an answer depends on a subtle definition of some term or concept used in the question. For example, current is defined as the flow of positive charge so a question about the direction of current or flow of electrons and why it's opposite would qualify for the tag.

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What is a dynamical variable

I see the phrase 'dynamical variable' in several of my texts and they don't really define it. A google search doesn't yield much either. I have gathered that a dynamical variable can be represented in terms of position and momentum, and examples…
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Definition of the term 'parastatics' specific to physics and math for physics

The biological definition of 'parastatics' is closest to the general one: relating to mimicry between adjacent species. There is likewise a systems definition regarding one system compensating for a weakness in another. And there is a genetic…
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Physics Equivalent of IUPAC Gold Book

I wanted to look up a few definitions and found them to vary from source to source so I wondered if there was a book such as IUPAC Gold Book in Chemistry which formally lists and defines almost all phenomenon and principles of physics like angular…
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What does existence mean in physics?

I would like to understand what we mean when we say, within a conversation about physics, that some structure or some phenomenon exists. I tried searching a couple of online physics dictionaries without success, so I checked a general purpose…
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Definitions in physics

In physics, I have come across some definitions of physical quantities (one such definition is that of the physical quantity Force, $\vec{F} \equiv m\vec{a} $) that do not tell us what physical quantities are. I guess the following…
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Is the electric current a flow of charges?

Wikipedia defines charge as the fundamental property of forms of matter that exhibits electrostatic attraction or repulsion in the presence of other matter.Strictly speaking, while defining an electric current, will it be right to define it as the…
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Why don't we call string, inflation theories just hypotheses?

These theories predict multiverse and multiverse is not falsifiable So Is it more accurate to call them just hypotheses?
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