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  1.          Explanation of common terms used in physics.
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  3. Thanks to MAM4@UK.AC.BRIGHTON.VMS - whoever he is for these...
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  5. Calculus of residues             How to clean up a bathtub ring
  6. Catoptric                        Feline eye
  7. Coma                             Italian: multi-toothed device for re-arranging
  8.                                  ones hair
  9. Commutator                       Student who drives to college
  10. Conic section                    Funny paper
  11. Corona                           Officer who enquires into the manner of a
  12.                                  violent death
  13. Cosine                           Opposite of stop sign
  14. Cusp                             to use profane language
  15. Exit pupil                       A retiring student
  16. Flux                             Past participle of the verb 'to flex'
  17. Gram                             To review for exams
  18. Grand canonical ensemble         Ecumenical council
  19. Graph                            Priciple item in cow's diet
  20. Ground state                     Coffee - before brewing
  21. Harmonic function                Concert
  22. Hermitian operator               Recluse surgeon
  23. Humbug                           Noisy phone tap
  24. Hypotenuse                       Animal like rhinoseros but with no horn and
  25.                                  no nose
  26. Len                              Singular of lens, specifically a one surfaced
  27.                                  optical instrument
  28. Marinal ray                      A ray of doubtful origin
  29. Millimetre                       A bug like a centimetre, but with more legs
  30. Normal solution                  Wrong answer
  31. Orifice                          Headquarters or place of business
  32. Paradox                          Pair of PhDs
  33. Spectra                          A female ghost
  34. Sphere                           A long pointed weapon
  35. Spin operator                    Owner of ferris whell
  36. Statistical correlation          36-22-35
  37. Torque                           Conversation
  38. Ultraviolet catastrophe          Bad sunburn
  39. Vortex                           Point of a mathematical figure opposite the
  40.                                  base
  41. Watt                             Please repeat
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