Note: Major terms which occur in the Contents are not generally included here.
| radiation | 5C, 6C, 6E, 7C, 7D, 8D |
| radio waves | 6E |
| radius of curvature | 9E |
| random walk | 8A |
| red giant star | 7B |
| redox potential | 8E |
| reduction | 8E |
| relative error | 1C |
| relaxation time | 5C |
| renormalization | 7F |
| resilience | 2F |
| resistivity | 4F |
| resistor | 4E, 4F, 4G, 4H |
| resolution | 9A |
| resonance | 5C, 9C, 9D |
| rest potential | 4C, 4D, 8B |
| reversible process | 8E |
| Reynold's Number | 3E |
| right hand rules | 5A, 5B |
| RMS | 1C |
| root mean square error | 1C |
| saltatory conduction | 4D |
| scalar | 2B, 4B |
| scaling | 1A, 8D |
| scattering angle | 7A |
| scotopic | 6D |
| second | 1A |
| sedimentation constant | 2D |
| series | 4E, 7C |
| shape factor | 2D |
| shear | 3B |
| shell model | 7C |
| singlet | 7E |
| Snell's Law | 9E |
| specific heat | 8C |
| specific volume | 2D, 8A |
| spectral distribution | 6D |
| spin | 5B, 5C, 6B, 7C, 7E, 9G |
| spin-orbit interactions | 6C |
| spin-statistics theorem | 7E |
| spring constant | 2F, 3E |
| standing waves | 9A, 9C, 9G |
| strain | 2F |
| state variables | 8A |
| Stefan-Boltzmann Constant | 8D |
| strength | 2F |
| stress | 2F |
| stroke volume | 1A, 3A, 3E |
| strong interaction | 7A, 7F |
| superposition | 2B, 2C, 4B, 5A, 9B |
| symmetry | 1C, 7C, 7E |
| Systeme Internationale (SI) | 1A |
| systolic | 3A, 3D, 3E |
| T wave | 3D |
| temperature | 2D, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F |
| tensile stress | 2F |
| tension | 2F |
| terminal velocity | 2D, 4B |
| Thomson model | 7A |
| time | 1A |
| time constant | 4G, 4H |
| torque | 2G, 2H, 5B |
| torsion | 2F |
| total internal reflection | 3E |
| toughness | 2F |
| translation | 6E, 8A |
| transverse waves | 9A |
| TriCarboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycle | 8E |
| Triplet | 3D |
| tunneling | 9G |
| turbulence | 3E |
| U wave | 3D |
| ultrasound | 9A |
| ultraviolet | 6C, 6D, 6E |
| uncertainty principle | 9 |
| uniform acceleration | 2A, 2F |
| uniform circular motion | 1A, 5B, 6A |
| valance electron | 4B, 6B |
| valance shell | 6B |
| van der Waal's bonds | 4B |
| vein | 3A, 3C |
| velocity | 2A, 2E, 2F, 3C, 4D, 6A, 8A, 9G |
| vena cava | 3A, 3C |
| ventricle | 3A, 3C |
| venule | 3A, 3C |
| vertex | 7F |
| viscosity | 1A, 3B, 3E |
| viscous diffusion time | 3E |
| voltage | 4B, 4C, 4D, 4F, 4G, 4H |
| volume | 1A, 8A |
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