physics
nounEtymology
1580s; from physic (see also -ics), from Middle English phisik, from Old French fisike (“natural science, art of healing”), from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “origin; nature, property”), from Ancient Greek φύω (phúō, “produce; bear; grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).
Definitions
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of…
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
- Newtonian physics was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.
- An analysis of media reports can correspondingly cast some light not only on how much physics is being reported, but on what branches of physics attract most popular attention.
- The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those examined or studied…
The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those examined or studied scientifically.
- The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.
- An analysis of media reports can correspondingly cast some light not only on how much physics is being reported, but on what branches of physics attract most popular attention.
plural of physic
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third-person singular simple present indicative of physic
The neighborhood
- synonymphysics
- antonymnonphysics
- neighborphysical
- neighborphysicist
- neighborspace
- neighbortime
- neighbormatter
- neighborenergy
- neighborforce
- neighbormass
- neighbordensity
- neighbormotion
- neighborvelocity
- neighboracceleration
Derived
agrophysics, areophysics, atomic physics, atom physics, conceptual physics, condensed matter physics, cryophysics, cytophysics, electrophysics, health physics, hydrophysics, iatrophysics, jiggle physics, metametaphysics, metaphysics, multiphysics, nanophysics, oncophysics, paraphysics, pataphysics, physics envy, physics gun, physics-ly, physics package, physicsy, planetophysics, protophysics, ragdoll physics, robophysics, selenophysics, social physics, sociophysics, thermophysics, tribophysics, xenophysics, zoophysics
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at physics. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at physics. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at physics
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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