physics
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
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- 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. - 1994, A.J Meadows, M.M Hancock-Beaulieu,...
- 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. - 2012 March 5, Jeremy Bernstein, “A...
- 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. - 1994, A.J Meadows, M.M Hancock-Beaulieu,...
Origin
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”).
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- plural of physic
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- third-person singular simple present indicative of physic