Occupation or Discipline
physics Audio
phys·ics [ fiz-iks ]
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Natural Science Disciplines
Definitions related to physics:
  • Science of the laws and phenomena of nature, especially the forces and general properties of matter and energy.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The study of those aspects of energy and matter in terms of elementary principles and laws. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The study of those aspects of nature which can be understood in a fundamental way in terms of elementary principles and laws; the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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