physics
Noun
- the science of matter and energy and their interactions
- "his favorite subject was physics"
- the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something
- "he studied the physics of radiation"
- a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
- The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those examined or studied scientifically.
- plural of physic
Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of physic
Examples
- 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.
- The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.
Origin / 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”).
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
physics: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordphysics: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
physics: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
physics: valid Words With Friends Word