List of Mnemonics - Physics

Physics

  • "Richard of York gave battle in vain" to remember the colours in order in a rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet).
  • The fictitious name Roy G. Biv is also used to remember the order of the colours of the rainbow.
  • Microwave frequency bands
Mnemonic for microwave frequency bands in the increasing wave lengths (decreasing frequencies), which are Ku band, X band, C band, S band, L band, respectively is given by,

"King Xerxes Can Seduce Lovely Princesses"

  • The phrase "We guarantee certainty, clearly referring to this light mnemonic." represents the speed of light in meters per second through the number of letters in each word: 299,792,458.

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Famous quotes containing the word physics:

    “The labor we delight in physics pain.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people’s attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)

    “Mathematics should be mixed not only with physics but with ethics.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)