physical system
portion of the physical universe chosen for analysis; everything outside the system is known as the environment
bubble
globule of one substance in another, usually gas in a liquid
comet tail
dust or gases blown off a comet by solar wind in the inner solar system, leaving a visible trail
optical system
assembly of optical components, or equivalently a system consisting of regions of material with varying refractive indices
oscillatory system
physical system in which free oscillations can exist
bubble raft
array of bubbles
oscillator
physical system that undergoes repetitive cyclic change
Rubber bushing
bushing
traffic
movement of road users including pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, buses and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel
coma
cloud of gas or a trail around a comet or asteroid
quantum system
portion of the whole universe (environment or physical world) which is taken under consideration to make analysis or to study for quantum physics pertaining to the wave-particle duality in that system and everything else than this system
variable-mass system
collection of matter whose mass varies with time
electronic system
system that operates by controlling, amplifying, or converting the flow of electric current
homogeneous system
notion in physics
linkage
assembly of bodies connected to manage forces and movement
spherical pendulum
physical system consisting of a mass moving on the surface of a frictionless sphere in a uniform gravitational field
Raster
Type of an optical system
engineered physical system
human-designed system consisting of physical components
integrable system
property of certain dynamical systems
harmonic oscillator
physical system that responds to a restoring force inversely proportional to displacement
thermodynamic system
precisely specified macroscopic region of the universe, defined by boundaries
nuclear reactor safety
set of subsystems that ensure security of a nuclear reactor (against technical failures) and minimize the damage during an incident or accident
closed system
does not allow certain types of transfers (such as transfer of mass) in or out of the system
V formation
formation with units arranged in a chevron or "V" shape
Dirac matter
condensed matter system effectively described by the Dirac equation
cave system
system of interconnecting caverns