physics
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- noun
- /ˈfɪzɪks/
:
física
- High schools will likely have more resources, both print and digital, on physics, chemistry, and biology.
- physics department
- introductory physics
- undergraduate physics
Like, you know, Newtonian physics got us a long ways.
- Like, you know, Newtonian physics got us a long ways.
- And then they put me in physics, AP Physics.
- We both took physics our senior year.
- I guess they call this physics, or they call it laws.
- And that's absolutely the way physics goes in particle physics.
- What's the difference between physics and mathematics to you?
- Is philosophy more like physics or is it more like fashion?
- It's the same physics principle at work there.
- It is a mistake to think that physics tells us how nature is.
- They call these ethics, physics and logic.
- Now they didn't, they didn't have the physics down of what was happening.
Examples
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This is physics at work.
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One of the basic principles of physics... is that what goes up must come down.
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And just why is all of physics like the way it is?
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We both took physics our senior year.
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I have a big physics test tomorrow.
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But that is the way to think of physics as coming from mathematics.
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Won the Nobel Prize for physics back in '93.
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We are also grateful to our colleagues in physics, biology, and chemistry for their input and collaboration.
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So I just can't stop talking about physics, but I wouldn't want to.
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In college, she discovered her passion for physics while studying the laws of motion.
Synonyms
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A branch of study about a part of the natural world, like biology
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A branch of science that studies the physical world, like physics and biology
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The study of the physical world and its laws, like early physics
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A subject of science that studies a part of nature like physics or biology
Compounds
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A rule that describes how nature behaves, often shown with a formula
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The study of how matter and energy behave inside atoms and very small particles
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The science that studies very small parts of matter and how they interact
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The study of the center of an atom and its parts, like protons and neutrons
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A room or building with equipment for doing experiments and teaching physics
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An area of physics that studies how solid materials behave with electricity, magnetism, and light
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The study of very small particles and how they interact at very high energy
- NSFW
Movement in games or animation that makes soft parts like hair and clothes bounce
- Jargon
A feeling of wanting the exact methods and high status of physics in other fields
How Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
physics = physic (opaque) = phys + ics
The suffix 'ics' denotes a field of study, but the connection to 'physic' is not transparent to learners as it has shifted from medicine to a broader scientific field.
Etymology
Physics comes from the Greek word physis, which means 'nature'. So physics is the study of the nature of things—matter, energy and how they interact, and you can see the same root in the everyday word physical.