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| the diference between an experimental value and the accepted value of a measured quantity |
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| the most probable value for a measured quantity, which is usually published in reference books |
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| describes a measurement that is the same or very close to the accepted value |
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| the relationship that exists between two quantities when an increase in one causes no change in the other |
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| thw quantity that changes in an experiment as a result of changes made by the experimenter |
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| a combination of two or more fundamental units used to simplify notation |
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| direct squared proportion |
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| the relationship that exists between two quantities in which an increase in one quantity causes an increase in the other or a decrease in one quantity causes a decrease in the other |
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| measurement made duiring laboratory work which may stand alone or be incorporated into one or more formulas to yield a value for a physical quantity |
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| the estension of a graphed line beyond the region in which data was taken |
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| a push or pull on mas; a vector quantity |
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| one of a set of units in wchi all quantities measured by physicists can be expressed |
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| the quantity that the experimenter changes in an experiment |
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| indirect squared proportion |
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| the relationship that exists between two quantities in which an increase in one causes a squared decrease in the other |
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| applies to the relationship between two quantities in which an increase in one quantity causes a decrease in the other or a decrease in one quantity causes an increase in the other |
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| a straight or curved line on a graph which approximates the relationship among a set of data points |
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| the amount of matter contained in an object |
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the average of X a set of N measurements, where Xi is the individual measurement and Fi is the frecuency of measurement
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| a measure of the reliability of an experimental result calculated by dividing the absolute error by the accepted value and multiplying the quotient by 100 |
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| describes several measurements taken of the same event that are nearly identical |
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| the horizontal distance traveled by a projectile |
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| a quantity that has magnitude only, with no direction specified |
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| a way of expressing quantities which consists of a number equal to or greater than one and less than ten followed by a multiplication sign and the base ten raised to some integral power |
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| (Système International) provides standardized units for scientifict notations |
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| the digits in a measured quantity that are known with certainty plus the one digit whos value has been estimated |
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| the inclination of a graphed line, determined as the ratio Δy/Δx for any two points on the line |
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| the square root of the variance of the set of data |
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| a standard quantity with which other similar quantities can be compared |
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| the sum of the squares of the difference of the measurements in a set of data from the mean of the set, divided by the number of measurments |
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| a quantity that has both magnitude and direction, often shown graphically as an arrow with definite length and direction |
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