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Definition of physics noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

physics

noun
 
 
/ˈfɪzɪks/
 
/ˈfɪzɪks/
[uncountable]
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  1. the scientific study of matter and energy and the relationships between them, including the study of forces, heat, light, sound, electricity and the structure of atoms
    • a degree in physics
    • quantum/theoretical physics
    • the laws of physics
    • the physics laboratory/department
    • a physics professor/teacher
    • physics of something to study the physics of the electron
    see also astrophysics, geophysics, nuclear physics, particle physics, quantum physics
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    • Einstein restructured modern physics.
    • the frontiers of fundamental physics
    • the undergraduate physics curriculum
    • university physics departments
    Topics Educationa2, Physics and chemistrya2, Scientific researcha2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • classical
    • Newtonian
    • modern
    • …
    phrases
    • the laws of physics
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    Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting natural science in general, especially the Aristotelian system): plural of obsolete physic ‘physical (thing)’, suggested by Latin physica, Greek phusika ‘natural things’ from phusis ‘nature’.
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