Sentences with phrase «point mass»

According to quantum theory, particles act as waves rather than point masses on very small scales.

In 1727 he modelled a violin string as a large number of closely spaced point masses, linked together by springs.

Cogley (1999) pointed out that with a measurement network spaced at 50 - 100 m apart the largest source of uncertainty is the error in actual point mass balance measurement (> 0.05 m), and sampling error is negligible.

At that point the masses will shift whether or not they have the slightest understanding.

Well theory tells us the universe was contracting to a point the mass was so great it exploded, and started to expand into what we know today as the universe.

Finally, you posted prototypical creationist lie 56.3 (a)--» theory tells us the universe was contracting to a point the mass was so great it exploded» No one in science states this.

If the ball could be treated as a point mass — so that it has no real size — then the analysis of the bounce would be straightforward.