Physical World and Measurement

General Units and Dimensions

The measuring method is necessary to measure or compare physical quantities in everyday life. Therefore, to measure each of the standard sizes, we choose specific units that are accepted worldwide. Other similar quantities can also be expressed in these units and can be measured accordingly. Physical quantities are measured in terms of unit and are […]

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​​Finding Digits of a Number

The smallest mathematical unit of the number system, i.e. the digits of a number, are the symbols that make up the numeral. For example, if there is a number 36, the digits of the number will be 3 and 6, i.e. the number has two digits. You can easily find the digits of a number

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Dimensional Formula of Force Constant

Force Constant can be explained by Hooke’s law. This law is named after British physicist Robert Hooke, who lived in the 17th century. Hooke’s law, in its most general form, allows you to determine the relationship between strain and stress for complicated objects based on the intrinsic qualities of the materials they’re composed of. When

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Dimensional Formula of Force

Force is one of the fundamental things to exist in nature. It can change the motion of an object. Technically, the force can be defined as a product of mass and acceleration(This is obtained by Newton’s second law). It is denoted by the letter F. Newton was the first-ever person to discover the force, and

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Dimension analysis

The powers to which the fundamental units are elevated to obtain one unit of a physical quantity are called the dimensions of that quantity. While writing any dimension we will observe that it has two parts, the first part is a numerical value that expresses the magnitude of the dimension and the second part is

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Centre of Mass

Mass refers to the total quantity of matter in a physical body. It is distributed throughout a body and not located at a single point. However, to bring simplicity to physics calculations, it is assumed that all mass is concentrated at a single point within the body. If you can pinpoint the correct position within

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Working of a Moving Coil Galvanometer

A galvanometer is an electromechanical instrument used to measure electric current. Galvanometers were previously uncalibrated; however, we now have improvised versions of the same known as ammeters. We can measure the flow of current very precisely with the help of modern galvanometers. In a galvanometer, a deflecting pointer works in response to an electric current

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What Violates the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that it is impossible to simultaneously know the when and where of an event, without being able to understand the what. This means that you can’t be 100% sure about a particle’s momentum and position simultaneously. In quantum mechanics, it tells us that many things we perceive as solid objects

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What is Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

Heisenberg’s principle of uncertainty, introduced in 1927, simply states that the more precisely we determine the position of any particle, the less precise we can determine its momentum from the given initial conditions. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle inherits from the theories of wave-like systems that state the matter wave nature of all the quantum objects.

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Vernier callipers-its uses for measurement

Introduction The vernier caliper is a measuring device used to calculate the internal and external diameters of the given object along with the height and depth of the specimen in a linear dimension manner. Pierre Vernier, a French mathematician, innovated vernier calipers to calculate the accurate measurement of the object linearly. The word caliper is

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