Terms starting with H
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Hydrologic Cycle
Geophysics & Environmental Physics
Global Water Flux (km³/year)
The continuous global movement and transformation of water through Earth's atmosphere, land surface, oceans, and subsurface aquifers.
Water Balance: P = E + R + ΔS (Precipitation = Evaporation + Runoff + Storage Change)
Hydrothermal Vents
Geophysics & Environmental Physics
°C (Vent Fluid Temperature)
Fissures on the ocean floor near volcanically active mid-ocean ridges that vent geothermally heated, mineral-rich seawater into the ocean.
Geothermally Heated Seawater T ~ 350–400 °C
Hyperfine Structure
Quantum & Atomic Physics
eV or MHz (Small Energy Splitting)
Extremely small energy level splittings in atoms caused by interaction between nuclear magnetic moments and electron magnetic fields.
ΔE_HFS ∝ I_nucleus · J_electron
Hypothesis
Foundations of Physics
N/A
A proposed, testable explanation for an observed physical phenomenon, serving as the starting point for experimental investigation.