Physics Symbols

Sorted by symbol		Sorted by Name
Sym	Name	Name	Sym
α	alpha radiation	acceleration	a
α	fine structure constant	alpha radiation	α
β	beta radiation	ampere	A
Δ	difference	angle	θ
ε	initial phase angle	angle of incidence	i
ε₀	permittivity of free space	angle of reflection	r
ε_r	relative permittivity	angle of refraction	r
η	efficiency	angular acceleration	a
η	viscosity	angular momentum	p
γ	gamma radiation	angular velocity	ω
γ	surface tension	area	A
∫	integral	atomic mass	A
λ	decay constant	atomic mass unit	u
λ	wavelength	atto	a
µ	coefficient of friction	Avogadros number	N_A
µ	mass per unit length	beat frequency	*f_B*
µ	micro	Becquerel	Bq
µ	Thompson coefficient	beta radiation	β
µ'	coefficient of sliding friction	Bohr magneton	µ_B
µ₀	permeability of free space	Boltzmann constant	k
µ_B	Bohr magneton	candela	cd
µ_N	nuclear magneton	capacitance	C
µ_r	relative permeability	Celcius	C
ω	angular velocity	centi	c
ω	initial angular velocity	charge	Q
Ω	ohm	circumf.	C
Φ	magnetic flux constant	coefficient of friction	µ
π	pi	coefficient of sliding friction	µ'
Π	Peltier coefficient	conductance	G
±	plus or minus	conductance quantum	G₀
Ψ	electric flux	conductivity	σ
ρ	resistivity	coulomb	C
σ	conductivity	critical angle	c
σ	Stefan Boltzmann constant	current	I
∑	sum	current density	J
θ	angle	deca	da
θ	temperature	decay constant	λ
a	acceleration	deci	d
A	ampere	depth	d
a	angular acceleration	difference	Δ
A	area	differential
a	atto	dioptre	D
A	nucleon number	displacement	s
A	atomic mass	distance	s
A_r	relative atomic mass	e	e
B	magnetic field strength	efficiency	η
Bq	Becquerel	electric field strength	E
B_s	magnetic field strength long solenoid	electric flux	Ψ
C	capacitance	electromotive force	E
C	Celcius	electron charge	e
c	centi	electronvolt	eV
C	circumf/	energy	E
C	coulomb	escape velocity	v_e
c	critical angle	exa	E
c	specific thermal capacity	exponential	e
c	speed of light	extension	e
C	thermal capacity	Farad	F
cd	candela	Faraday constant	F
*c_mat*	speed of light in material	femto	f
*C_p*	parallel capacitance	final velocity	v
*C_s*	series capacitance	fine structure constant	α
d	deci	focal length	f
d	depth	force	F
D	dioptre	frequency	f
d	relative density	gamma radiation	γ
da	deca	gas constant	R
	differential	gas constant	R
e	e	giga	G
E	electric field strength	giga (computer 2³⁰)	G
E	electromotive force	gram	g
e	electron charge	gravitational acceleration	g
E	energy	gray	Gy
E	exa	halflife	T_½
e	exponential	Hall coefficient	R_H
e	extension	harmonic number	n
E	Youngs modulus	Hartree Energy	E_H
E_H	Hartree Energy	hecto	h
eV	electronvolt	height	h
F	Farad	Henry	H
F	Faraday constant	Hertz	Hz
f	femto	horizontal measure	x
f	focal length	hour	h
F	force	inductance	L
f	frequency	inductance	X
f	lens opening	initial angular velocity	ω
F'	sliding force	initial number of atoms	N₀
*f_B*	beat frequency	initial phase angle	ε
G	conductance	initial velocity	u
G	giga	initial voltage	V₀
G	giga (computer 2³⁰)	integral	∫
g	gram	Josephson constant	K_J
g	gravitational acceleration	Joule	J
G	universal gravitational constant	katal	kat
G₀	conductance quantum	Kelvin	K
Gy	gray	kilo	k
h	hecto	kilo (computer 2¹⁰)	k
h	height	kilogram	kg
H	Henry	kinetic energy	KE
h	hour	length	l
h	Plancks constant	lens opening	f
Hz	Hertz	light year	ly
i	angle of incidence	Loschmidt constant	n₀
I	current	lumen	lm
I	moment of inertia	lux	lx
I_o	maximum current	magnetic field strength	B
I_RMS	RMS current	magnetic field strength long solenoid	B_s
J	current density	magnetic flux constant	Φ
J	Joule	mass	m
k	Boltzmann constant	mass of earth	m_E
K	Kelvin	mass of electron	m_e
k	kilo	mass of neutron	m_n
k	stiffness constant	mass of proton	m_p
k	kilo (computer 2¹⁰)	mass per unit length	µ
kat	katal	maximum current	I_o
KE	kinetic energy	maximum voltage	V_MAX
KE_rot	rotational kinetic energy	mechanical advantage	MA
kg	kilogram	mega	M
K_J	Josephson constant	Mega (computer 2²⁰)	M
L	inductance	metre	m
l	length	micro	µ
L	original length	milli	m
l	specific latent thermal capacity	mole	mol
lm	lumen	moment of inertia	I
l_s	string length	momentum	p
lx	lux	mutual inductance	M
ly	light year	myria	my
m	mass	nano	n
M	mutual inductance	neutron number	N
M	mega	Newton	N
M	Mega (computer 2²⁰)	nuclear magneton	µ_N
m	metre	nucleon number	A
m	milli	number	n
MA	mechanical advantage	number of atoms	N
m_E	mass of earth	number of moles	n
m_e	mass of electron	number of turns	N
m_n	mass of neutron	ohm	Ω
mol	mole	original length	L
m_p	mass of proton	parallel capacitance	*C_p*
m_r	relative mass	parallel resistance	R_p
my	myria	Pascal	Pa
n	harmonic number	Peltier coefficient	Π
n	nano	period	T
N	neutron number	permeability of free space	µ₀
N	Newton	permittivity of free space	ε₀
n	number	peta	P
N	number of atoms	peta (computer 2¹⁵)	P
n	number of moles	pi	π
N	number of turns	pico	p
n	refractive index	Plancks constant	h
N₀	initial number of atoms	plus or minus	±
n₀	Loschmidt constant	potential energy	PE
N_A	Avogadros number	power	P
p	angular momentum	pressure	p
p	momentum	proton number	Z
P	peta	radian	rad
P	peta (computer 2¹⁵)	radius	r
p	pico	radius of curvature	r
P	power	radius of earth	r_E
p	pressure	reactance	X
Pa	Pascal	reaction	R
PE	potential energy	refractive index	n
Q	charge	relative atomic mass	A_r
r	angle of reflection	relative density	d
r	angle of refraction	relative mass	m_r
R	gas constant	relative permeability	µ_r
R	gas constant	relative permittivity	εr
r	radius	resistance	R
r	radius of curvature	resistivity	ρ
R	reaction	RMS current	I_RMS
R	resistance	RMS voltage	V_RMS
r	separation	rotational kinetic energy	KE_rot
r	source resistance	Rydberg constant	R_∞
R_∞	Rydberg constant	second	s
rad	radian	separation	r
r_E	radius of earth	series capacitance	*C_s*
R_H	Hall coefficient	series resistance	R_s
R_K	von Klitzing constant	Siemen	S
R_p	parallel resistance	Sievert	Sv
R_s	series resistance	sliding force	F'
s	displacement	source resistance	r
s	distance	specific latent thermal capacity	l
s	second	specific thermal capacity	c
S	Siemen	speed	s
s	speed	speed of light	c
sr	steradian	speed of light in material	*c_mat*
Sv	Sievert	Stefan Boltzmann constant	σ
T	period	steradian	sr
T	temperature	stiffness constant	k
T	tension	string length	l_s
T	tera	sum	∑
T	tera (computer 2¹²)	surface tension	γ
T	tesla	temperature	θ
t	time	temperature	T
t	tonne	tensile strain	T_st
T	torque	tensile stress	T_s
T_½	halflife	tension	T
T_s	tensile stress	tera	T
T_st	tensile strain	tera (computer 2¹²)	T
u	atomic mass unit	tesla	T
u	initial velocity	thermal capacity	C
v	final velocity	Thompson coefficient	µ
V	vectra	time	t
v	velocity	tonne	t
v	vimto	torque	T
V	volt	universal gravitational constant	G
V	voltage	vectra	V
V	volume	velocity	v
V₀	initial voltage	velocity ratio	VR
v_e	escape velocity	vertical measure	y
V_MAX	maximum voltage	vimto	v
VR	velocity ratio	viscosity	η
V_RMS	RMS voltage	volt	V
W	watt	voltage	V
W	weight	volume	V
W	work	von Klitzing constant	R_K
Wb	Weber	watt	W
x	horizontal measure	wavelength	λ
X	inductance	Weber	Wb
X	reactance	weight	W
X	xray	work	W
y	vertical measure	xray	X
y	yocto	yocto	y
Y	yotta	yotta	Y
Z	proton number	Youngs modulus	E
z	zepto	zepto	z
Z	zeta	zeta	Z