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Glossary

5410 terms defined in the books, quoted word for word, each linked to the chapter that introduces it.

Mathematics

395 terms

• absolute convergence in a Banach space
• Absolute value
• Addition
• Adjoint; symmetric endomorphisms
• Affine function
• affine space

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Physics

431 terms

• Absolute and relative uncertainty
• Absolute temperature
• Absorption spectrum
• Absorption, spontaneous and stimulated emission
• Acceleration vector
• Acoustic perturbation

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Chemistry

852 terms

• 1,2-Shift
• 1,3-Dipolar cycloadditions
• Absorbance
• Absorbance and the Beer–Lambert law
• Absorption band, fingerprint region
• Absorption spectrum

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Biology

479 terms

• Abiotic stress
• Actin filaments, microtubules, intermediate filaments
• Activation, help and killing
• Acute inflammation
• Adaptation
• Alignment and score

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Earth and Space Sciences

957 terms

• Absolute magnitude, distance modulus
• Accommodation
• Accretionary prism, tectonic erosion
• Achondrite, iron meteorite, stony-iron meteorite
• Active layer
• Active margin, oceanic trench, forearc, back-arc basin

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Quantitative Finance

2296 terms

• 13F holdings
• A/B test, randomisation unit, interference, sample ratio mismatch
• ABA problem
• Absorbing state, hitting probability
• Accelerator
• Access fee cap

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