Thesaurus: physics

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1. 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.
2. n. the science of matter and energy and their interactions
3. n. the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something
4. 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. Note: Chemistry, though a branch of general physics, is commonly treated as a science by itself, and the application of physical principles which it involves constitute a branch called chemical physics, which treats more especially of those physical properties of matter which are used by chemists in defining and distinguishing substances.
5. The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch ofscience which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and theforces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural sciencewhich treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism,electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies;natural philosophy.
6. n:100 n. the science of matter and energy and their interactions n. the physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something