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What is the origin of the word 'physics'?
Which field directly led to the development of television and computers?
What was inspired by advances in mechanics?
Which ancient civilization made contributions to natural sciences before 3000 BCE?
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What does the term 'φύσις' (phúsis) mean?
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What is the primary cause of the visibility of objects, excluding light-emitting ones?
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What type of reflection is exhibited by an ideal diffuse reflecting surface?
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What materials reflect light diffusely with great efficiency?
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What does polishing produce on a highly polished white marble surface?
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What is the mechanism behind diffuse reflection from solids?
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What is the primary cause of the visibility of objects, excluding light-emitting ones?
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Which type of reflection exhibits equal luminance when viewed from all directions lying in the half-space adjacent to the surface?
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What is the mechanism behind diffuse reflection from solids?
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Which type of surface is required to give specular reflection?
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Which materials reflect light diffusely with great efficiency?
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