'Physical' definitions:
Definition of 'physical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance" [ant: mental]
adjective
Relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics; "physical sciences"; "physical laws"
adjective
Having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by tangible objects"
adjective
According with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter); "a reflex response to physical stimuli"
adjective
Characterized by energetic bodily activity; "a very physical dance performance"
adjective
Impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong- arm tactics" [syn: forcible, physical, strong-arm]
adjective
Concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of a computer"
Definition of 'Physical'
From: GCIDE
- Physical \Phys"ic*al\ (f[i^]z"[i^]*kal), a.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in putting objects in motion. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]
- A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 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." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative. [Obs.] "Physical herbs." --Sir T. North. [1913 Webster]
- Is Brutus sick? and is it physical To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors Of the dank morning? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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 (Med.), 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 (Med.), the objective signs of the bodily state afforded by a physical examination. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'physical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actual,
- Adamic,
- aerophysical,
- animal,
- animalistic,
- astrophysical,
- atavistic,
- beastlike,
- beastly,
- bestial,
- bodily,
- born,
- brutal,
- brute,
- brutish,
- carnal,
- carnal-minded,
- check,
- checkup,
- Circean,
- coarse,
- coeval,
- concrete,
- congenital,
- connatal,
- connate,
- connatural,
- constitutional,
- corporal,
- corporeal,
- earthly,
- earthy,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- fallen,
- fleshly,
- genetic,
- gross,
- hereditary,
- hylic,
- in the blood,
- inborn,
- inbred,
- incarnate,
- indigenous,
- inherited,
- innate,
- instinctive,
- instinctual,
- lapsed,
- lusty,
- manifest,
- material,
- materialistic,
- materiate,
- mortal,
- native,
- native to,
- natural,
- natural to,
- nonspiritual,
- objective,
- organic,
- orgiastic,
- palpable,
- phenomenal,
- physical examination,
- postlapsarian,
- primal,
- real,
- secular,
- sensible,
- solid,
- somatic,
- spot check,
- substantial,
- swinish,
- tangible,
- temperamental,
- temporal,
- true,
- unspiritual,
- visceral,
- worldly
Words containing 'Physical'
- Physic,
- Physically,
- Physiced,
- Physicism,
- Physics,
- physicalism,
- physicality,
- physicalness,
- Culver's physic,
- Indian physic,
- Nuclear physics,
- Particle physics,
- Physic nut,
- Physical astronomy,
- Physical education,
- Physical examination,
- Physical geography,
- Physical isomerism,
- Physical point,
- Physical signs,
- Physical unit,
- atomic physics,
- culvers physic,
- department of physics,
- physical ability,
- physical anthropology,
- physical attraction,
- physical body,
- physical change,
- physical chemistry,
- physical composition,
- physical condition,
- physical contact,
- physical entity,
- physical exercise,
- physical exertion,
- physical fitness,
- physical jerks,
- physical object,
- physical pendulum,
- physical phenomenon,
- physical process,
- physical property,
- physical rehabilitation,
- physical restoration,
- physical science,
- physical structure,
- physical therapist,
- physical therapy,
- physical topology,
- physical value,
- physics department,
- physics lab,
- physics laboratory,
- plasma physics,
- quantum physics,
- radiation physics,
- solar physics,
- high energy physics,
- High-energy physics,
- solid-state physics