Physics - Notation Guide

• For the following, if we have vector the corresponding scalar (magnitude) is denoted .

Constants §

• - gravitational constant
• - speed of light
• - Coulomb’s constant.

Mechanics §

• - time

• - period

• - initial

• - final

• - net quantity

• - total quantity

• - external quantity

• - change in quantity

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• - radius
• - mass
• - total mass
• - center of mass
• - area
• - volume
• - angle

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• - displacement or position
• - length. and may pertain to width and height respectively.
• - speed
• - velocity
• - velocity of relative to .
• - acceleration
• - acceleration due to gravity.
• - weight
• - force
  • - applied
  • - kinetic friction
  • - static friction
  • - rolling friction
  • - normal force
  • - tension
  • - drag
  • - force acts perpendicular to something.
  • - force acts parallel to something
• - momentum
• - impulse
• - work
• - energy, total mechanical energy.
  • - kinetic energy
  • - potential energy
    • - gravitational
    • - elastic
  • - internal energy
• - power

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• - coefficient of friction

  • - kinetic friction
  • - static friction
  • - rolling friction
  • - drag coefficient

• - spring constant

• - angular velocity

• - angular acceleration

• - moment of inertia

• - torque

• - angular momentum

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• - stress
• - strain
• - elasticity modulus
• - Young’s modulus
• - Bulk Modulus
• - Shear Modulus
• - compressibility

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• - pressure
• - density
• - buoyancy force
• - volumetric flow rate.

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• - amplitude
• - frequency
• - angular frequency
• - phase angle.
• - angular amplitude
• - torsion constant for angular harmonic motion.
• - damping constant for damped oscillation
• - wavelength
• - phase velocity
• - wave number
• - angular wave number
• - linear mass density (or any analogue)
• - intensity
• - fundamental frequency.

Electromagnetism §

• - charge