physics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪz.ɪks/
Forms: form: physicks
Etymology: 1580s; from physic (see also -ics), from Middle English phisik, from Old French fisike (“natural science, art of healing”), from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “origin; nature, property”), from Ancient Greek φύω (phúō, “produce; bear; grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).
Senses: examples: text: Newtonian physics was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.
text: An analysis of media reports can correspondingly cast some light not only on how much physics is being reported, but on what branches of physics attract most popular attention.
ref: 1994, A.J Meadows, M.M Hancock-Beaulieu, editors, Front Page Physics: A Century of Physics in the News, page 3:
text: The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
ref: 2012 March 23, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146:
text: Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices.
ref: 2017 October 10, Vanessa Potter, “My sudden synesthesia: how I went blind and started hearing colors”, in CNN:
glosses: The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
examples: text: The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.
text: An analysis of media reports can correspondingly cast some light not only on how much physics is being reported, but on what branches of physics attract most popular attention.
ref: 1994, A.J Meadows, M.M Hancock-Beaulieu, editors, Front Page Physics: A Century of Physics in the News, page 3:
glosses: The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those examined or studied scientifically.
Synonyms: word: physics
Hyponyms: aerophysics
astrophysics
attophysics
biophysics
cartoon physics
chemical physics
classical physics
econophysics
ecophysics
gastrophysics
geophysics
heliophysics
hyperphysics
macrophysics
metaphysics
microphysics
modern physics
neurophysics
nuclear physics
optics
particle physics
petrophysics
photophysics
physical chemistry
plasmaphysics
psychophysics
quantum physics
radiation physics
radiobiophysics
radiophysics
soil physics
spacetime physics
tectonophysics
theoretical physics
thermodynamics
Meronyms: word: astronomy
word: astrophysics
word: biophysics
word: mechanics
word: optics
word: classical mechanics
word: statistical mechanics
word: quantum mechanics
word: particle physics
word: thermodynamics
word: cosmology
Derived terms: agrophysics
areophysics
atomic physics
atom physics
conceptual physics
condensed matter physics
cryophysics
cytophysics
electrophysics
health physics
hydrophysics
iatrophysics
jiggle physics
metametaphysics
metaphysics
multiphysics
nanophysics
oncophysics
paraphysics
pataphysics
physics envy
physics gun
physics-ly
physics package
physicsy
planetophysics
protophysics
ragdoll physics
robophysics
selenophysics
social physics
sociophysics
thermophysics
tribophysics
xenophysics
zoophysics
Related terms: word: physical
word: physicist
word: space
word: time
word: matter
word: energy
word: force
word: mass
word: density
word: motion
word: velocity
word: acceleration
word: trajectory
word: pressure
word: potential
word: temperature
word: particle
word: wave