Physical
Physical (fiz"i*kal) , adjective
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.
Labor, in the physical world, is... employed in putting objects in motion.
A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force.
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.
3.
Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
4.
Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative. [Obsolete]
Physical herbs.
Is Brutus sick? and is it physical
To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors
Of the dank morning?
Collocations (6)
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 (Medicine) , 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 (Medicine) , the objective signs of the bodily state afforded by a physical examination.