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11th Grade Vocabulary Words

Eleventh-grade readers work across complex arguments, literary forms, scientific models, quantitative reasoning, civic institutions, social analysis, and precise academic prose. This level emphasizes disciplinary meanings, source evaluation, rhetorical and linguistic analysis, transparent morphology, and the careful use of context and reference tools when a word has several possible senses.

This independently authored 800-word beta curriculum is arranged in twenty-three pages of up to thirty-five words. Pages containing words 1–500 include five cloze questions drawn only from that enhanced range; words 501–800 remain fully visible and editable as list pages while expanded practice is developed. Every row includes an editable subject-field label and a conservative word-study note about transparent affixes, compound structure, capitalization, or dictionary base forms. The cited sources calibrate range and difficulty only; all learner-facing definitions, examples, quizzes, and descriptions are original KSSR copy.

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Words 316–350 of 800
#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
316	total internal reflection	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: total + internal + reflection. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	全内反射	Optical fibers guide light through total internal reflection.
317	focal length	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: focal + length. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	焦距	A short focal length gives the camera a wider field of view.
318	real image	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: real + image. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	真实图像	The projector lens forms a real image on the screen.
319	virtual image	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: virtual + image. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	虚像	A flat mirror produces a virtual image behind its surface.
320	convex lens	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: convex + lens. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	凸透鏡	A convex lens focuses sunlight to a small point.
321	concave lens	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: concave + lens. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	凹透镜	A concave lens spreads the incoming beam.
322	diffraction grating	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: diffraction + grating. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	衍射光栅	The diffraction grating spreads white light into distinct colors.
323	electric potential	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + potential. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 電位 2. 電勢	The battery establishes a difference in electric potential.
324	electric current	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + current. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 電流 2. 电流	Closing the switch allows electric current through the lamp.
325	Coulomb's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Coulomb's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	库仑定律	Coulomb's law predicts weaker force when the charges move farther apart.
326	electric flux	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: electric + flux. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	电通量	Electric flux through the sphere depends on the enclosed charge.
327	Gauss's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Gauss's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	高斯定律	Gauss's law simplifies the field calculation for a charged sphere.
328	magnetic flux	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: magnetic + flux. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	磁通量	Rotating the coil changes its magnetic flux.
329	Faraday's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Faraday's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	法拉第定律	Faraday's law explains the voltage produced by the generator.
330	Lenz's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Lenz's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	楞次定律	Lenz's law predicts the induced field's direction.
331	Kirchhoff's rules	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Kirchhoff's + rules. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	基尔霍夫法则	Kirchhoff's rules determine the currents in the branching circuit.
332	Ohm's law	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: Ohm's + law. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	歐姆定律	Ohm's law gives a current of two amperes through the resistor.
333	resistivity	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ity commonly forms a noun naming a quality, state, or condition.	电阻率	Copper's low resistivity makes it useful for wires.
334	dielectric	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: dielectric is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 介電的 2. 具有介電性的	The dielectric between capacitor plates increases stored charge.
335	transformer	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: transformer is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	1. 變壓器 2. 变压器	The transformer lowers transmission voltage for household use.
336	inductor	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Base-form focus: inductor is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	电感	The inductor resists a rapid change in current.
337	reactance	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Suffix focus: -ance commonly forms a noun naming an action, quality, or state.	电抗	The inductor's reactance increases with frequency.
338	rms voltage	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: rms + voltage. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	有效值电压	The meter reports the outlet's rms voltage.
339	photoelectric effect	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: photoelectric + effect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	光電效應	The photoelectric effect showed that light transfers energy in discrete amounts.
340	de Broglie wavelength	proper noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: de + Broglie + wavelength. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	德布罗意波长	A faster electron has a shorter de Broglie wavelength.
341	wave-particle duality	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: wave + particle + duality. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	波粒二象性	Electron diffraction demonstrates wave-particle duality.
342	uncertainty principle	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: uncertainty + principle. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	测不准原理	The uncertainty principle prevents exact knowledge of both electron position and momentum.
343	atomic spectrum	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: atomic + spectrum. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	原子光谱	Hydrogen's atomic spectrum contains a distinct set of lines.
344	ground state	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: ground + state. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	基态	The electron returns to the ground state by emitting a photon.
345	excited state	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: excited + state. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	兴奋状态	Absorbed light raises the atom to an excited state.
346	binding energy	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: binding + energy. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	結合能	Nuclear binding energy holds protons and neutrons together.
347	mass defect	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: mass + defect. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	质量缺陷	The mass defect corresponds to nuclear binding energy.
348	nuclear force	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: nuclear + force. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	核力	The nuclear force overcomes electric repulsion at very short distances.
349	chain reaction	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: chain + reaction. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 連鎖反應 2. 链反应	Released neutrons sustain the fission chain reaction.
350	critical mass	noun Study Field: Grade 11 physics, astronomy, climate, and engineering term Word study: Term structure: critical + mass. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	临界质量	Below critical mass, too many neutrons escape to maintain fission.

Vocabulary reading and practice

Light, Fields, and Measurement

Reading practice for pages 10–12. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

Wave-particle duality explains why light and matter display different behaviors in different experiments. In optics, total internal reflection keeps light inside a medium when conditions are right, while focal length describes how a lens focuses rays. Faraday’s law connects changing magnetic flux to induced voltage. The uncertainty principle sets a fundamental limit on simultaneously knowing certain paired quantities.

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Reading comprehension

1. What keeps light inside a medium?

Total internal reflection can keep light inside a medium.

2. What does focal length describe?

It describes how a lens focuses rays.

3. What limit does the uncertainty principle set?

It limits simultaneous knowledge of certain paired quantities.

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