KESCOWS NEBES MOY
CORNISH FOR EVERYDAY LIFE
Second Edition
Ian Jackson
Supplementary to Gerlyver Kescows
and continuously reviewed and expanded
SECTION 14
PHYSICAL WORLD
Last updated: 1 March 2025 (01:00)
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The purpose of Kescows Nebes Moy is to enable Cornish conversation about most non-specialist subjects without the need to switch into English. A first edition appeared in 2018. Cornish vocabulary items not found in Gerlyver Kescows were presented for the first time in classified lists that take the learner beyond elementary vocabulary, enabling conversation about more technical topics that nonetheless form part of everyday life.
The first edition was necessarily quite experimental, and was confined to just five thousand entries. Much has been learned since the first edition appeared. This second edition is being developed in more comprehensive form on-line. In particular we are considering families wishing to speak Cornish in the home, as well as the challenge of establishing potential for teaching through the medium of Cornish in primary and secondary schools.
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We are very grateful to Professor Nicholas Williams and Michael Everson for the opportunity to coordinate these lists with drafts of their Gerlyver Brâs.
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A word has a single stress accent on the penultimate syllable in the absence of any specific indication. When this accent falls elsewhere, the underlined vowel marks the syllable which is stressed. The symbol ‖ after a word indicates that, instead of a single stress accent, two syllables of the word are given prominence. In the case of a disyllabic word the prominence is usually slightly stronger on the adjectival element.
14-A PHYSICS
an bednrêwl ‖ ancertuster m the uncertainty principle
an carg elvednek m the elementary charge
an constant Avogadro m the Avogadro constant
an constant Boltzmann m the Boltzmann constant
an constant Planck m the Planck constant
an Model Standard m the Standard Model
ascoth m fallout (incl figuratively)
baryon m baryonow baryon
berus ughcrytycal ‖ m berusyon supercritical fluid
boson m bosonow boson
boson musur m bosonow gauge boson
bren m brênow brane
colpeseth m leverage (incl figuratively)
criogenek adj cryogenic
criogenyk m & f cryogenics
cyclotron m cyclotronow cyclotron
damcanieth corden f string theory
dehesyor hadronow m dehesyoryon hadron collider
dewbol m dewbolow dipole
dewynyans m radiation
dyfysk m inertia
dymensyon m dymensyons dimension
dyvass adj massless
dywasca v decompress
dywascans m decompression
dywaskedhy v depressurize
dywaskedhyans m depressurization
electrotenvenieth ‖ f electromagnetism
electrotenvenek ‖ adj electromagnetic
electron m electronow electron
entropy m entropy
faljans sprusek m nuclear fission
fermyon m fermyonow fermion
fors dyskerhek m gravitational force
fors electrotenvenek ‖ m electromagnetic force
fors sprusek crev m strong nuclear force
fors sprusek gwadn m weak nuclear force
fôton m fôtonow photon
fros dydro m direct current (DC)
fros eylyansus m alternating current (AC)
gassek adj gaseous
glûon m glûonow gluon
gogoskes m penumbra
gordobma v superheat
gorhembrynkyas m gorhembrynkysy superconductor
gorhemusureth m supersymmetry
gorthtemygen ‖ f gorthtemygednow ‖ antiparticle
gorthvater ‖ m antimatter
goryêynhe ‖ v supercool
gwascans m compression
gwaskedhy v pressurize
gwaskedhyans m pressurization
hadron m hadronow hadron
hanter-oos ‖ m hanter-osow ‖ half-life
indùctans m inductance
ion m ionow ion
ionegy v ionize
ionek adj ionic
isotôp m isotôpow isotope
isrudh ‖ adj infrared
is-sonyk ‖ adj subsonic
jagdon ‖ f jagdodnow ‖ shock wave
kenkeynek m kenkeynegyon [optical] prism
keyfordhyans qwantùm m quantum tunnelling
lepton m leptonow lepton
lêsans m amplitude (of wave)
liv m flux
livdewder ‖ m flux density
lydnek adj liquid
maglyans qwantùm m quantum entanglement
mass crytycal m critical mass
mater baryonek m baryonic matter
mater tewl m dark matter
mecanek adj mechanical
mecanyk m & f mechanics
mecanyk qwantùm m & f quantum mechanics
mellyans m interference
menowghter m menowghterow frequency
mêson m mêsonow meson
mûon m mûonow muon
nerth tewl m dark energy
Newtônyan adj Newtonian
newtrînô m newtrînôs neutrino
newtron m newtronow neutron
nûcleon m nûcleonow nucleon
omdedhans sprusek m nuclear fusion
orbytal m orbytalys orbital
ow resek yn tyrêwl phr runaway (reaction etc)
park electrotenvenek ‖ m parcow electromagnetic field
park skeulek m parcow scalar field
park tenvenek m parcow magnetic field
park vector m parcow vector field
pednrêwl ‖ exclûsyon Pauli phr the Pauli exclusion principle
perthynecter jeneral m general relativity
perthynecter specyal m special relativity
perthynecterek adj relativistic
perveth poster m centre of gravity
pion (mêson py) m pionow pion
plasma m plasma
plysken electron f plyskednow electron shell
polareth (polaryta) m polarity
posytron m posytronow positron
poynt bryjyon m boiling point
prôton m prôtonow proton
qwantùm m qwanta quantum
qwark m qwarcow quark
radyôwythresek adj radioactive
resystens m resistance
rewboynt ‖ m freezing point
rùttyans m friction
spâss-termyn m space-time
spectrùm m spectra spectrum
sprusek adj nuclear
sprusen f sprusednow nucleus
stubmans golow m refraction
syncrotron m syncrotronow synchrotron
temygen f temygednow particle
temygen elvednek f temygednow elementary / fundamental particle
temygen isatomek ‖ f temygednow subatomic particle
tenvenek (magnetyk) adj magnetic
tenvenieth f magnetism
termyn m termynyow period (of wave)
thermodynamyk ‖ m & f thermodynamics
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