MS Physics Abbreviation

Mass

The quantity of matter in a body as measured by the ratio of the force required to produce a given acceleration, to the acceleration. A property of all matter. It is measured in, for example, grams. Mass is independent of gravity, unlike weight which depends on gravity. The quantity of matter in a body. It can be determined by measuring the force of gravity (weight) acting on it and dividing this by the gravitational acceleration at that point. Thus, the mass of a given body remains the same everywhere, while its weight changes with the gravitational attraction.

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Main Switchboard

A switchboard which is directly supplied by the main source of electrical power and is intended to distribute electrical energy to the ship service, (SOLAS).

mass spectrometry

A method for experimentally determining isotopic masses and isotopic abundances. A sample of an element is converted into a stream of ions and passed through an electromagnetic field. Ions with different charge-to-mass ratios are deflected by different amounts, and strike different spots on a film plate or other detector. From the position of the spots, the mass of the ions can be determined; from the intensity of the spot, the relative number of ions (the isotopic abundance) can be determined.

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