spherical element

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• Spherical multipole moments — are the coefficients in a series expansionof a potential that varies inversely with the distance R to a source, i.e., as frac{1}{R}. Examples of such potentials are the electric potential, the magnetic potential and the gravitational… …   Wikipedia

• Spherical coordinate system — In mathematics, the spherical coordinate system is a coordinate system for representing geometric figures in three dimensions using three coordinates: the radial distance of a point from a fixed origin, the zenith angle from the positive z axis… …   Wikipedia

• Spherical 3-manifold — In mathematics, a spherical 3 manifold M is a 3 manifold of the form M = S3 / Γ where Γ is a finite subgroup of SO(4) acting freely by rotations on the 3 sphere S3. All such manifolds are prime, orientable, and closed. Spherical 3 manifolds are… …   Wikipedia

• Spherical bearing — A spherical bearing is a bearing that permits angular rotation about a central point in two orthogonal directions within a specified angular limit based on the bearing geometry. Typically these bearings support a rotating shaft in the [bore] of… …   Wikipedia

• Rolling-element bearing — A rolling element bearing is a bearing which carries a load by placing round elements between the two pieces. The relative motion of the pieces causes the round elements to roll with very little rolling resistance and with little sliding.One of… …   Wikipedia

• transuranium element — Any of the chemical elements after uranium in the periodic table (with atomic numbers greater than 92). All are radioactive (see radioactivity), with half lives ranging from tens of millions of years to fractions of a millisecond. Only two,… …   Universalium

• Discrete element method — A discrete element method (DEM), also called a distinct element method is any of family of numerical methods for computing the motion of a large number of particles of micrometre scale size and above. Though DEM is very closely related to… …   Wikipedia

• Zonal spherical function — In mathematics, a zonal spherical function or often just spherical function is a function on a locally compact group G with compact subgroup K (often a maximal compact subgroup) that arises as the matrix coefficient of a K invariant vector in an… …   Wikipedia

• Plancherel theorem for spherical functions — In mathematics, the Plancherel theorem for spherical functions is an important result in the representation theory of semisimple Lie groups, due in its final form to Harish Chandra. It is a natural generalisation in non commutative harmonic… …   Wikipedia

• Chemical element — The periodic table of the chemical elements A chemical element is a pure chemical substance consisting of one type of atom distinguished by its atomic number, which is the number of protons in its nucleus.[1] Familiar examples of …   Wikipedia

• chemical element — Introduction also called  element,         any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes. Elements are the fundamental materials of which all matter is composed.       This article considers the… …   Universalium