Physics Measurement Vocabulary

verb past tense of 'round', meaning to make something into a shape that is smooth and curved

adjective describing a shape that is smooth and curved, rather than with sharp angles

• The architect designed the building with rounded edges for a more modern look.
• I like how the new car has rounded headlights, it looks so sleek.
• That pizza place makes the best rounded crusts, you have to try it!
• Her rounded personality makes her easy to get along with.

noun a technique used in chemistry and physics to study the interactions between matter and electromagnetic radiation

• Spectroscopy is a scientific technique used to study the interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation.
• I learned about spectroscopy in my chemistry class - it's all about analyzing light and matter.
• Spectroscopy is like magic for scientists, it reveals so much about the composition of materials.
• Using spectroscopy is like shining a light on the hidden secrets of the universe.

noun a statistic that measures the amount of variability or dispersion in a set of data points

• The standard deviation is a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.
• The standard deviation tells us how spread out the numbers in a data set are.
• The standard deviation is like the average distance of numbers from the mean.
• Think of standard deviation as a way to see how much the data points deviate from the average.