physics department
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈfɪzɪks dɪˈpɑrtmənt/
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departamento de física
- The physics department at our university offers a wide range of courses and research opportunities.
- physics department at university
- professor in the physics department
- head of the physics department
He's the head of the of the theoretical physics department, the chair.
- He's the head of the of the theoretical physics department, the chair.
- I decided that I should contact a professor in the Harvard Physics department.
Examples
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At Texas, the physics department provides little or no support for minority students.
Academic text (1995) -
After a bitter fight in the physics department over my tenure, I lost.
Academic text (2005) -
You and half of every physics department across the country.
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Then, I had a kid in the physics department...
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People helped me so much to write music, people from the physics department, people from the literature department.
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I dated a guy from the physics department when I was in college.
Fiction book (1998) -
The few who are working in these areas are not yet having much impact within U.S. physics departments.
Academic text (1995) -
Indeed, many of the best find that they have to leave physics departments to function effectively.
Academic text (1995) -
I thought Berkeley had the leading theoretical physics department.
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By 1965, I was both a junior faculty member in the physics department at NYU and a staff writer for The New Yorker.
Academic text (2005)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'physics' names the academic field and 'department' denotes an organizational division, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a university division for physics. This noun–noun compound pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English composition, making the MWE transparent.
Etymology
The compound physics department comes from universities that divide subjects into parts. physics means the science of matter and motion and department means a part of the school, so the phrase refers to the place that does the 'teaching and research' of physics.