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English

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Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-physical.ogg


Adjective

  1. Having to do with the body.
  2. : Are you feeling any physical effects?
  3. Having to do with the material world.
  4. : It's not so much a physical place as a state of mind.
  5. Involving bodily force.
  6. : This team plays a very physical game, so watch out.
  7. Having to do with physics.
  8. : This substance has a number of interesting physical properties.


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Noun

  1. Physical examination.
  2. : How long has it been since your last physical?


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Category:1000 English basic words

ar:physical de:physical fr:physical io:physical it:physical kk:physical ku:physical hu:physical pl:physical pt:physical ru:physical simple:physical fi:physical ta:physical te:physical vi:physical tr:physical zh:physical

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Physical \Phys"ic*al\ (f[i^]z"[i^]*kal), a.
1. Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created
existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also,
of or relating to natural or material things, or to the
bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral,
spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and
navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the
physical part of man.
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Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in
putting objects in motion. --J. S. Mill.
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A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere
physical force. --Macaulay.
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2. Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy;
treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of
natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws.
"Physical philosophy." --Pope.
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3. Perceptible through a bodily or material organization;
cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical,
opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
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4. Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine;
medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
[Obs.] "Physical herbs." --Sir T. North.
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Is Brutus sick? and is it physical
To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors
Of the dank morning? --Shak.
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Physical astronomy, that part of astronomy which treats of
the causes of the celestial motions; specifically, that
which treats of the motions resulting from universal
gravitation.

Physical education, training of the bodily organs and
powers with a view to the promotion of health and vigor.


Physical examination (Med.), an examination of the bodily
condition of a person.

Physical geography. See under Geography.

Physical point, an indefinitely small portion of matter; a
point conceived as being without extension, yet having
physical properties, as weight, inertia, momentum, etc.; a
material point.

Physical signs (Med.), the objective signs of the bodily
state afforded by a physical examination.
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WordNet physical
adj 1: involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit;
"physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy
about everything but her physical appearance" [ant: mental]
2: relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy;
especially physics; "physical sciences"; "physical laws"
3: having substance or material existence; perceptible to the
senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by
tangible objects" [syn: tangible, touchable]
4: according with material things or natural laws (other than
those peculiar to living matter); "a reflex response to
physical stimuli"
5: characterized by energetic bodily activity; "tennis is an
active sport"; "a very physical dance performance" [syn: active]
6: concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the
physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size
of a computer"
7: impelled by physical force especially against resistance;
"forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical";
"strong-arm tactics" [syn: forcible, strong-arm]
Moby Dictionary
Adamic , Circean , actual , aerophysical , animal , animalistic ,
astrophysical , atavistic , beastlike , beastly , bestial , bodily ,
born , brutal , brute , brutish , carnal , carnal-minded , check ,
checkup , coarse , coeval , concrete , congenital , connatal , connate ,
connatural , constitutional , corporal , corporeal , earthly , earthy ,
elemental , elementary , fallen , fleshly , genetic , gross , hereditary ,
hylic , in the blood , inborn , inbred , incarnate , indigenous ,
inherited , innate , instinctive , instinctual , lapsed , lusty ,
manifest , material , materialistic , materiate , mortal , native ,
native to , natural , natural to , nonspiritual , objective , organic ,
orgiastic , palpable , phenomenal , physical examination ,
postlapsarian , primal , real , secular , sensible , solid , somatic ,
spot check , substantial , swinish , tangible , temperamental ,
temporal , true , unspiritual , visceral , worldly


FOLDOC physical

The opposite of logical in its jargon sense.
Compare real, virtual, and transparent.

It is said that what you can touch and see is real; what you
can see but not touch is virtual; what you can touch but not
see is transparent; and what you can neither touch nor see is
probably imaginary.

(2001-10-26)


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