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Classical mechanics

Rate of change of velocity

Action (physics)

Physical quantity of dimension energy × time

Action principles

Variational principle for physical systems that minimizes the action of the system

Angular acceleration

Rate of change of angular velocity

Angular displacement

Displacement measured angle-wise when a body is showing circular or rotational motion

Angular frequency

Rate of change of the phase angle

Angular velocity

Physical quantity

Physics of bouncing balls

Canonical coordinates

Sets of coordinates on phase space which can be used to describe a physical system

Cavendish experiment

Experiment to measure the gravitational force

Unique point where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero

Central force on an object is a force that is directed along the line joining the object and the origin

Centrifugal force

Type of inertial force

Centripetal force

Force that makes a body follow a curved path

Circular motion

Object movement along a circular path

Classical mechanics

Description of large objects' physics

Conservation of mass

Scientific law that a closed system's mass remains constant

Conservative force

Force with the property that the work done in moving a particle between two points is independent of the path taken

A force on objects moving within a reference frame that rotates with respect to an inertial frame.

Mathematical law of motion

Mass per unit volume

Equations for a falling body

Mathematical description of a body in free fall

Equations of motion

Equations that describe the behavior of a physical system

Region in space consisting of points at the same potential

Euler–Lagrange equation

Second-order partial differential equation whose solutions are the functions for which a given functional is stationary

Fictitious force

A force on objects moving within a reference frame that rotates with respect to an inertial frame.

Force (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Force field (physics)

Region of space in which a force acts

Fourth, fifth, and sixth derivatives of position

Higher derivatives of the position vector with respect to time

Frame of reference

Abstract coordinate system and the set of physical reference points that uniquely fix (locate and orient) the coordinate system and standardize measurement (s)

Free body diagram

Diagram showing applied forces and moments on a physical body

Motion of a body subject only to gravity

Force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other

Galilean invariance

Low velocity approximation for special relativity

Galilean transformation

Transform between the coordinates of two reference frames which differ only by constant relative motion within the constructs of Newtonian physics

Generalized coordinates

Parameters that describe the configuration of the system relative to some reference configuration

Gravitational field

Direction and intensity of gravity in every point of space

Gravitational potential

Scalar potential that describes a gravitational field

Hamiltonian mechanics

Branch of analytical mechanics

Impact (mechanics)

High force or shock applied over a short time period when two or more bodies collide

Impulse (physics)

Integral of a force over a time interval

Fundamental principle of classical physics

Inertial frame of reference

Fundamental concept of classical mechanics

Rate of change of acceleration with time.

Kepler conjecture

Mathematical theorem about sphere packing

Energy of a moving physical body

Lagrangian mechanics

Formulation of classical mechanics

Type of motion in which the path of the moving object is a straight line

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Mechanical resonance

Tendency of a mechanical system

Moment (physics)

Concept in physics

Moment of inertia

Scalar measure of the rotational inertia with respect to a fixed axis of rotation

Conserved physical quantity related to the motion of a body

Change in position of an object over time

Problem in physics and celestial mechanics

Newtonian dynamics

Formulation of physics

Newton's law of universal gravitation

Classical mechanics physical law

Newton's laws of motion

Physical laws in classical mechanics

Non-inertial reference frame

Frame of reference

Force exerted on an object by a body with which it is in contact, and vice versa

Perpetual motion (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Position (geometry)

Vector representing the position of a point with respect to a fixed origin

Potential energy

Energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects

Concept in quantum mechanics

Power (physics)

Rate at which energy is transferred, used, or transformed

Periodic change in the direction of a rotation axis

Any object thrown by an exertion of an unbalanced force in an inertial frame of reference

Projectile motion

Motion of an object given an initial velocity which then follows a path determined entirely by gravity

Radiation pressure

Pressure exerted upon any surface exposed to electromagnetic radiation

Reaction (physics)

Part of Newton's laws

"effective" inertial mass appearing in the two-body problem of Newtonian mechanics; quantity which allows the two-body problem to be solved as if it were a one-body problem

Restoring force

Physical force acting to bring a system back toward equilibrium

Resultant force

Single force representing the combination of all forces acting on a physical body

Type of motion that combines rotation and translation of an object with respect to a surface with which it is in contact

Movement of an object around an axis

Scalar potential

When potential energy difference depends only on displacement

Speed (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

State of a system or a process in which the variables which define the behavior of the system or the process are unchanging in time

A force that stretches a body along the line towards the center of mass of another body due to a gradient in gravitational field

Physics concept

Path of a moving object

Two-body problem

Motion problem in classical mechanics

Vector potential

A vector field whose curl is a given vector field

Vector that measures the rate of change in position over time of a moving point

Mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point

Instrument to measure the weight of an object

Force on a mass due to gravity

Process of energy transfer to an object via force application through displacement