Poynting may refer to:
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John Henry Poynting
John Henry Poynting FRS (9 September 185230 March 1914) was an English physicist. He was the first professor of physics at Mason Science College from 1880 to 1900, and then the successor institution, the University of Birmingham until his deat ...
(1852–1914), a British physicist, after whom are named:
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Poynting vector
In physics, the Poynting vector (or Umov–Poynting vector) represents the directional energy flux (the energy transfer per unit area per unit time) or ''power flow'' of an electromagnetic field. The SI unit of the Poynting vector is the watt ...
, a representation of the energy flux of an electromagnetic field
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Poynting's theorem
In electrodynamics, Poynting's theorem is a statement of conservation of energy for electromagnetic fields developed by British physicist John Henry Poynting. It states that in a given volume, the stored energy changes at a rate given by the work ...
on conservation of energy in electromagnetic field
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Poynting (lunar crater)
Poynting is a large lunar impact crater located on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the north-northwest of the walled plain Hertzsprung, with the crater Fersman immediately to the east and Kekulé equally near to the west-southwes ...
, crater on the Moon
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Poynting (Martian crater)
Poynting is an impact crater on Mars. It lies north of Pavonis Mons and west of Ascraeus Mons.
It was named by the IAU in 1988 after English astrophysicist John Henry Poynting.
Poynting is the largest impact crater in the Tharsis quadrangle
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, crater on Mars
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11063 Poynting
Eleven or 11 may refer to:
* 11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12
* one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11
Literature
* ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn
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, a main-belt asteroid
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