Consulter le glossaire à l’aide de cet index

Spécial | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Tout

C

capacitor


Also called condenser. A device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity, consisting of two equally charged conducting surfaces having opposite signs and separated by a dielectric.


celerity

Speed

chain reaction

A self-sustaining chemical or nuclear reaction yielding energy or products that cause further reactions of the same kind

chirality



Chirality essentially means 'mirror-image, non-superimposable molecules', and to say that a molecule is chiral is to say that its mirror image (it must have one) is not the same as it self.


conversion of light energy to electric energy


current

A flow of electric charge (electricity)