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# - An Octothorpe Production 12/5/86 Author: The Mathematician Approx Size:3k
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? Physics Terms Made Easy ?
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Calculus of residues How to clean up a bathtub ring
Catoptric A feline eye
Coma Italian: A multi-toothed device for
re-arranging one's hair
Commutator A student who drives to school
Conic section Funny paper
Corona Officer who enquires into the manner
of violent death
Cosine The opposite of `Stop sign'
Cusp To use profane language
Exit pupil A retiring student
Flux Past participle of the verb 'to
flex'
Gram To review for examinations
Grand canonical ensemble Ecumenical council
Graph Principal item of a cow's diet
Ground state Coffee, before brewing
Harmonic function Concert
Hermitian operator Recluse surgeon
Humbug Noisy wiretap
Hypotenuse Animal like rhinoceros but with no
horn on nose
Len Singular of lens, specifically a
one-surface optical element
Marginal ray A ray of doubtful origin
Millimeter A bug like a centimeter but with
more legs
Normal solution The wrong answer
Orifice Headquarters or place of business
Paradox Two Ph D's
Polygon A dead parrot
Poynting vecotr A redundant term; all vectors point
Spectra A female ghost
Sphere A long, pointed weapon
Spin operator Owner of a ferris wheel
Statistical correlation 36-22-35
Torque Conversation
Ultraviolet catastrophe Bad sunburn
Vortex Point of a mathematical figure
opposite the base
Watt Will you please repeat that remark?