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Physics (IPA: /ˈfɪzɪks/)

Physics (n.)

The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.

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Study of matter and its motion, along with related concepts such as energy and force

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Treatise by Aristotle

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Scientific journal

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Instrumental band from San Diego, California, USA

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Painting by Edvard Munch

Physics Synonyms

Physical Science, Natural Philosophy

Physics Rhymes

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Astrophysics, Metaphysics

Spanish Translation

Physics in Spanish is Física

Tagalog Translation

Physics in Tagalog is Pisika

Example Sentence (Quote) " [Blood running down her face] I have to go home. I've got a big physics test tomorrow." - Disturbing Behavior

Example Sentence (Quote) " All science is either physics or stamp collecting." - Physics

Example Sentence (Quote) " And so in its actual procedure physics studies not these inscrutable qualities, but pointer-readings which we can observe, The readings, it is true, reflect the fluctuations of the world-qualities; but our exact knowledge is of the readings, not of the qualities. The former have as much resemblance to the latter as a telephone number has to a subscriber." - Physics

Example Sentence (Quote) "As soon as we venture on the paths of the physicist, we learn to weigh and measure, to deal with time and space and mass and their related concepts, and to find more and more our knowledge expressed and our needs satisfied through the concept of number, as in the dreams of Plato and Pythagoras." - Physics

Example Sentence (Quote) " Differential geometry originally sneaked into theoretical physics through Einstein's theory of general relativity." - General relativity

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