Thesaurus: physical

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1. a. 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.
2. a. 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.
3. a. Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
4. a. Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
5. adj. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
6. adj. relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics
7. adj. having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses
8. adj. according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter)
9. adj. characterized by energetic bodily activity
10. adj. impelled by physical force especially against resistance
11. adj. concerned with material things