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:

    “Now the twitching stops. Now you are still. We are through with physiology and theology, physics begins.”
    —Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)

    “He who is conversant with the supernal powers will not worship these inferior deities of the wind, waves, tide, and sunshine. But we would not disparage the importance of such calculations as we have described. They are truths in physics because they are true in ethics.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

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