10 words that mean something different to physicists

Some of this science sounds awfully familiar. Given the popularity of our first article about physics concepts with deceptively common names, Symmetry is back with 10 more seemingly normal words that mean something different in a science context. Get ready to talk science: Illustration by Sandbox Studio, Chicago with Corinne Mucha Flavor In particle physics, flavor has nothing to do with your taste buds. Instead, the term signifies different kinds of particles. There are six "flavors," or variet...