Terms starting with H
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Geophysics & Environmental Physics
Hydrologic Cycle
The continuous global movement and transformation of water through Earth's atmosphere, land surface, oceans, and subsurface aquifers.
Geophysics & Environmental PhysicsHydrothermal Vents
Fissures on the ocean floor near volcanically active mid-ocean ridges that vent geothermally heated, mineral-rich seawater into the ocean.
Quantum & Atomic PhysicsHyperfine Structure
Extremely small energy level splittings in atoms caused by interaction between nuclear magnetic moments and electron magnetic fields.
Foundations of PhysicsHypothesis
A proposed, testable explanation for an observed physical phenomenon, serving as the starting point for experimental investigation.