Physics

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikos, “natural”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɪz.ɪks/

Noun

Physics (uncountable)

1. The branch of science concerned with the study of properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

   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.

2. Of or pertaining to the physical aspects of a phenomena or a system, especially those studied in physics.

   The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.

Meronyms

• See also Thesaurus:physics

Related terms

• physical
• physicist

Derived terms

• Category:English words derived from: physics

aerophysics astrophysics attophysics biophysics cartoon physics chemical physics classical physics econophysics ecophysics gastrophysics geophysics

heliophysics macrophysics metametaphysics metaphysics microphysics modern physics neurophysics nonphysics nuclear physics particle physics pataphysics

petrophysics photophysics psychophysics quantum biophysics quantum physics radiation physics radiophysics sociophysics soil physics tectonophysics theoretical physics

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Translations

branch of science

Afrikaans: fisika (af) Arabic: فيزياء (fiiziya’) Armenian: ֆիզիկա (hy) (fizika) Azeri: fizika (az) Basque: fisika (eu) Bengali: পদার্থবিজ্ঞান  (bn), পদার্থবিদ্যা  (bn) Catalan: física f. (ca) Chinese: 物理學, 物理学 (wùlĭxué) Croatian: fizika (hr) f. Czech: fyzika (cs) f. Dutch: natuurkunde (nl) f., fysica (nl) f. Esperanto: fiziko (eo) Estonian: füüsika (et) Finnish: fysiikka (fi) French: physique (fr) f. Georgian: ფიზიკა (ka) (pizika) German: Physik f. (de) Greek: φυσική (el) (fysikí) f. Haitian Creole: fizik Hungarian: fizika (hu) Icelandic: eðlisfræði (is) f. Ido: fiziko

Interlingua: physica f. Italian: fisica (it) f. Japanese: 物理学 (ja) (butsuri-gaku) Khmer: រូបសាស្ដ្រ (km) (ruupsaah) Korean: 물리학 (mullihak) Kurdish: فیزیا Latin: physica (la) f. Maltese: fiżika f. Manx: fishag (gv) Norwegian: fysikk (no) m. Polish: fizyka (pl) f. Portuguese: física (pt) f. Romanian: fizică f. Russian: физика (ru) (fízika) f. Slovene: fizika (sl) f. Spanish: física (es) f. Swahili: fizikia (sw) Swedish: fysik (sv) c. Thai: ฟิสิกส์ (th) (fí-sìk) Turkish: fizik, doğam (doğa kuramı) Urdu: طبیعیات (ur) (tabi'iyaat) f. Vietnamese: ：vật lý học

Noun

physics

1. Plural form of physic.

Verb

physics

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of physic.

External links

• Physics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Physics in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Physics at OneLook Dictionary Searchzh-min-nan:physics