| slovo | definícia |
physical
(mass) | physical
- fyzický |
physical
(encz) | physical,fyzický n: |
physical
(encz) | physical,fyzikální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
physical
(encz) | physical,tělesný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Physical
(gcide) | 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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physical
(wn) | 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"
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; "a very physical
dance performance"
6: impelled by physical force especially against resistance;
"forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-
arm tactics" [syn: forcible, physical, strong-arm]
7: concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the
physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of
a computer" |
physical
(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.
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physical evidence
(mass) | physical evidence
- fyzický dôkaz |
physical exercise
(mass) | physical exercise
- fyzické cvičenie |
physically
(mass) | physically
- fyzicky |
absolute physical scarcity
(encz) | absolute physical scarcity,absolutní věcná vzácnost [eko.] nedostatek,
omezenost RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
astrophysical
(encz) | astrophysical,astrofyzikální adj: Stanislav Horáček |
biophysical
(encz) | biophysical,biofyzikální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
geophysical
(encz) | geophysical,geofyzikální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
geophysical science
(encz) | geophysical science, n: |
heliogeophysical factor
(encz) | heliogeophysical factor,heliogeofyzikální faktor [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
international geophysical cooperation
(encz) | International Geophysical Cooperation,International Geophysical
Cooperation [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
international geophysical year
(encz) | International Geophysical Year,IGY International Geophysical
Year [eko.] RNDr. Pavel PiskačInternational Geophysical Year,International Geophysical Year
IGY [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
metaphysical
(encz) | metaphysical,metafyzický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
metaphysically
(encz) | metaphysically,metafyzicky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
non-physical
(encz) | non-physical,nehmotný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nonphysical
(encz) | nonphysical,nefyzický nonphysical,nehmotný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nonphysically
(encz) | nonphysically,nefyzicky |
p.e. (physical education)
(encz) | P.E. (physical education),tělocvik [zkr.] jose |
physical ability
(encz) | physical ability, n: |
physical and chemical methods of waste disposal
(encz) | physical and chemical methods of waste disposal,fyzikální a chemické
metody zneškodňování odpadu [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
physical anthropology
(encz) | physical anthropology, |
physical attraction
(encz) | physical attraction,fyzická přitažlivost Clock |
physical body
(encz) | physical body, n: |
physical change
(encz) | physical change, n: |
physical chemistry
(encz) | physical chemistry, n: |
physical education
(encz) | physical education,tělocvik Clock |
physical evaporation
(encz) | physical evaporation,fyzikální vypařování [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
physical evidence
(encz) | physical evidence,důkaz [práv.] |
physical examination
(encz) | physical examination, |
physical exercise
(encz) | physical exercise,cvičení Clock |
physical exertion
(encz) | physical exertion, n: |
physical fitness
(encz) | physical fitness,zdatnost Clock |
physical geography
(encz) | physical geography, n: |
physical object
(encz) | physical object, n: |
physical pendulum
(encz) | physical pendulum, n: |
physical phenomenon
(encz) | physical phenomenon, n: |
physical property
(encz) | physical property, n: |
physical rehabilitation
(encz) | physical rehabilitation, n: |
physical restoration
(encz) | physical restoration, n: |
physical science
(encz) | physical science, |
physical sciences
(encz) | physical sciences, |
physical structure
(encz) | physical structure, n: |
physical therapist
(encz) | physical therapist, |
physical therapy
(encz) | physical therapy, |
physical topology
(encz) | physical topology, n: |
physical training
(encz) | physical training,tělovýchova Zdeněk Brož |
physical value
(encz) | physical value, n: |
physicalism
(encz) | physicalism, n: |
physicality
(encz) | physicality,fyzičnost n: Zdeněk Brožphysicality,tělesnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
physically
(encz) | physically,fyzicky |
physicalness
(encz) | physicalness, |
unphysical
(encz) | unphysical,nefyzikální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
igy international geophysical year
(czen) | IGY International Geophysical Year,International Geophysical
Year[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
international geophysical cooperation
(czen) | International Geophysical Cooperation,International Geophysical
Cooperation[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
international geophysical year igy
(czen) | International Geophysical Year IGY,International Geophysical
Year[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
physical training
(czen) | Physical Training,PT[zkr.] |
Antiphysical
(gcide) | Antiphysical \An`ti*phys"ic*al\, a. [Pref. anti- + physical.]
Contrary to nature; unnatural.
[1913 Webster]Antiphysical \An`ti*phys"ic*al\, a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. ? to
inflate.] (Med.)
Relieving flatulence; carminative.
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Astrophysical
(gcide) | Astrophysical \As`tro*phys"ic*al\, a.
Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.
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Cataphysical
(gcide) | Cataphysical \Cat`a*phys"ic*al\, a. [Pref. cata + physical.]
Unnatural; contrary to nature. [R.]
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Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a
pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical.
--De Quincey.
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Diapophysical
(gcide) | Diapophysical \Di*ap`o*phys"ic*al\, a. (Anat.)
Pertaining to a diapophysis.
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Extraphysical
(gcide) | Extraphysical \Ex`tra*phys"i*cal\, a.
Not subject to physical laws or methods.
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geophysical
(gcide) | geophysical \geophysical\ adj.
of or pertaining to geophysics; as, geophysical sciences.
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Hyperphysical
(gcide) | Hyperphysical \Hy`per*phys"ic*al\, a.
Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural.
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Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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Metaphysical
(gcide) | Metaphysical \Met`a*phys"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]taphysique. See
Metaphysics.]
1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
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2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as,
metaphysical reasoning.
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3. Preternatural or supernatural. [Obs.]
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The golden round
Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem
To have thee crowned withal. --Shak.
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Metaphysically
(gcide) | Metaphysically \Met`a*phys"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician.
--South.
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Parapophysical
(gcide) | Parapophysis \Par`a*poph"y*sis\, n.; pl. Parapophyses. [NL.
See Para-, and Apophysis.] (Anat.)
The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.
See Vertebra. -- Par*ap`o*phys"ic*al, a.
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Physical
(gcide) | 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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Physical astronomy
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
Is Brutus sick? and is it physical
To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors
Of the dank morning? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]Astronomy \As*tron"o*my\, n. [OE. astronomie, F. astronomie, L.
astronomia, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? astronomer; 'asth`r star + ? to
distribute, regulate. See Star, and Nomad.]
1. Astrology. [Obs.]
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Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
And yet methinks I have astronomy. --Shak.
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2. The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their
magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution,
eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the
causes of their various phenomena.
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3. A treatise on, or text-book of, the science.
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Physical astronomy. See under Physical.
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Physical education
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in
putting objects in motion. --J. S. Mill.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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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Physical examination
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in
putting objects in motion. --J. S. Mill.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Is Brutus sick? and is it physical
To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors
Of the dank morning? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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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Physical geography
(gcide) | geography \ge*og"ra*phy\, n.; pl. Geographies. [F.
g['e]ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. ?; ge`a, gh^, the earth
+ ? description, fr. ? to write, describe. See Graphic.]
1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants;
a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth,
including its structure, features, products, political
divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited. It also
includes the responses and adaptations of people to
topography, climate, soil and vegetation
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2. A treatise on this science.
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Astronomical, or Mathematical, geography treats of the
earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of
latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due
to to the earth's diurnal and annual motions.
Physical geography treats of the conformation of the
earth's surface, of the distribution of land and water, of
minerals, plants, animals, etc., and applies the
principles of physics to the explanation of the
diversities of climate, productions, etc.
Political geography treats of the different countries into
which earth is divided with regard to political and social
and institutions and conditions.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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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Physical isomerism
(gcide) | Isomerism \I*som"er*ism\, n. (Chem.)
The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric
substances.
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Physical isomerism (Chem.), a former term for {optical
isomerism}.
optical isomerism (Chem.), the condition or relation of
certain (isomeric) substances, which, while chemically
identical (in that they have the same composition, the
same molecular weights, and the same ultimate
constitution), are yet physically different, as in their
action on polarized light, as dextro- and l[ae]vo-tartaric
acids, or the sugars galactose and glucose. In such
compounds there is usually at least one unsymmetrical
carbon atom and typically more than one. See
Unsymmetrical.
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physical jerks
(gcide) | Jerk \Jerk\, n.
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1. A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake,
or similar motion.
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His jade gave him a jerk. --B. Jonson.
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2. A sudden start or spring.
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Lobsters . . . swim backwards by jerks or springs.
--Grew.
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3. A foolish, stupid, or otherwise contemptible person.
[Slang]
Syn: jerkoff.
[PJC]
4. (Sport) The lifting of a weight, in a single rapid motion,
from shoulder height until the arms are outstretched above
the head; distinguished from press in that the motion in
a jerk is more rapid, and the body may be moved under the
weight to assist completion of the movement; as, a clean
and jerk of two hundred pounds.
[PJC]
2. Calisthenic exercises, such as push-ups or deep knee
bends; also called physical jerks. [British]
[PJC] |
Physical point
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Is Brutus sick? and is it physical
To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors
Of the dank morning? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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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physical science
(gcide) | Science \Sci"ence\, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, -entis,
p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. Conscience, Conscious,
Nice.]
1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained
truth of facts.
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If we conceive God's sight or science, before the
creation, to be extended to all and every part of
the world, seeing everything as it is, . . . his
science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity
on anything to come to pass. --Hammond.
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Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental
philosophy. --Coleridge.
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2. Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been
systematized and formulated with reference to the
discovery of general truths or the operation of general
laws; knowledge classified and made available in work,
life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or
philosophical knowledge.
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All this new science that men lere [teach].
--Chaucer.
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Science is . . . a complement of cognitions, having,
in point of form, the character of logical
perfection, and in point of matter, the character of
real truth. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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3. Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical
world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and
forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living
tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and
physical science.
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Voltaire hardly left a single corner of the field
entirely unexplored in science, poetry, history,
philosophy. --J. Morley.
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4. Any branch or department of systematized knowledge
considered as a distinct field of investigation or object
of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or
of mind.
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Note: The ancients reckoned seven sciences, namely, grammar,
rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, music, geometry, and
astronomy; -- the first three being included in the
Trivium, the remaining four in the Quadrivium.
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Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven,
And though no science, fairly worth the seven.
--Pope.
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5. Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of
knowledge of laws and principles.
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His science, coolness, and great strength. --G. A.
Lawrence.
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Note: Science is applied or pure. Applied science is a
knowledge of facts, events, or phenomena, as explained,
accounted for, or produced, by means of powers, causes,
or laws. Pure science is the knowledge of these powers,
causes, or laws, considered apart, or as pure from all
applications. Both these terms have a similar and
special signification when applied to the science of
quantity; as, the applied and pure mathematics. Exact
science is knowledge so systematized that prediction
and verification, by measurement, experiment,
observation, etc., are possible. The mathematical and
physical sciences are called the exact sciences.
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Comparative sciences, Inductive sciences. See under
Comparative, and Inductive.
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Syn: Literature; art; knowledge.
Usage: Science, Literature, Art. Science is literally
knowledge, but more usually denotes a systematic and
orderly arrangement of knowledge. In a more
distinctive sense, science embraces those branches of
knowledge of which the subject-matter is either
ultimate principles, or facts as explained by
principles or laws thus arranged in natural order. The
term literature sometimes denotes all compositions not
embraced under science, but usually confined to the
belles-lettres. [See Literature.] Art is that which
depends on practice and skill in performance. "In
science, scimus ut sciamus; in art, scimus ut
producamus. And, therefore, science and art may be
said to be investigations of truth; but one, science,
inquires for the sake of knowledge; the other, art,
for the sake of production; and hence science is more
concerned with the higher truths, art with the lower;
and science never is engaged, as art is, in productive
application. And the most perfect state of science,
therefore, will be the most high and accurate inquiry;
the perfection of art will be the most apt and
efficient system of rules; art always throwing itself
into the form of rules." --Karslake.
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Physical signs
(gcide) | 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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