physics
n.
study of the laws of nature, study of the characteristics of matter and energy
physic
v.
provide medicine, administer drugs; act as a laxative, function as a diarrhetic
n.
medicine, drug; cathartic, diarrhetic, laxative
Physics
This is a discussion of a present category of science. For the work by
Aristotle, see “
Physics (Aristotle)”. For a history of the science, see “
History of physics”. Physics is the
science of
matter and its
motion, as well as
space and
time —the
science that deals with concepts such as
force,
energy,
mass, and
charge. As an
experimental science, its goal is to understand the natural world. For the etymology of the word physics, see
physis (φύσις).In one form or another, physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines; through its modern subfield of
astronomy, it may be the oldest of all. Sometimes synonymous with
philosophy,
chemistry and even certain branches of
mathematics and
biology during the last two millennia, physics
emerged as a modern science in the 17th century and these disciplines are now generally distinct, although the boundaries remain difficult to define.
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Physics
(n.)
The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Laws of physics
Mathematical equations and rules which predict the behaviour of the universe. They refer to quantities which can be observed and measured. The laws of physics are thought to have been shaped during the fleeting instants, known as the Planck time, following the
big bang . It is a basic presupposition of science that the laws are invariant over all time and space.