The language of physics
06/11/19
By Lauren Biron
Word fans, rejoice!
Symmetry is back with another list of 10 common words
that take on a new meaning when spoken by scientists.
Check out the first and second lists,
then take these physics words for a spin, too
The language of physics | symmetry magazine
Spin
It’s easy to imagine a spinning planet, ballerina or
quantum particle because all these objects have
concrete geometrical form.
Tunneling
Quantum tunneling is instead a phenomenon in which a particle
can pass through a barrier by Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle