physics
noun /ˈfɪzɪks/
/ˈfɪzɪks/
[uncountable]- the scientific study of matter and energy and the relationships between them, including the study of forces, heat, light, sound, electricity and the structure of atoms
- a degree in physics
- quantum/theoretical physics
- the laws of physics
- the physics laboratory/department
- a physics professor/teacher
- physics of something to study the physics of the electron
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- atom
- energy
- fission
- force
- frequency
- gravity
- molecule
- nuclear
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Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa2, Physics and chemistrya2, Scientific researcha2- Einstein restructured modern physics.
- the frontiers of fundamental physics
- the undergraduate physics curriculum
- university physics departments
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- classical
- Newtonian
- modern
- …
- the laws of physics
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting natural science in general, especially the Aristotelian system): plural of obsolete physic ‘physical (thing)’, suggested by Latin physica, Greek phusika ‘natural things’ from phusis ‘nature’.