Physics A-Level
Homogeneous
What Homogeneous means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Homogeneous
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Reference: OCR
The distribution of matter and energy is the same everywhere, so no location is special.
Topics that use Homogeneous
- Cosmology (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Age of the universe
- Astronomical distance units
- Baseline
- Big Bang nucleosynthesis
- Big Bang theory
- Cosmic microwave background
- Cosmic microwave background radiation
- Cosmological redshift
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