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When was the symbol "U" first used to denote voltage or electric potential difference?

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Origin of quasi-compactness

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Why “triangle” (three angles) but “quadrilateral” (four sides)? — Tracing the historical naming conventions

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Kinetic energy formula written as mv^2

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Why is one of Maxwell's equations named after Ampère? Who first named it after Ampère?

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