English-Thai Dictionary
physics
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PHYSICS
n.s as z. In its most extensive sense, the science of nature or of natural objects, comprehending the study or knowledge of whatever exists. 1. In the usual and more limited sense, the science of the material system, including natural history and philosophy. This science is of vast extent, comprehending whatever can be discovered of the nature and properties of bodies, their causes, effects, affections, operations, phenomena and laws.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PHYSICS
Phys "ics, n. Etym: [See Physic. ]
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
physics
phys ics |ˈfiziks ˈfɪzɪks | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics, distinguished from that of chemistry and biology, includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms. • the physical properties and phenomena of something: the physics of plasmas. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting natural science in general, esp. the Aristotelian system ): plural of obsolete physic ‘physical (thing ),’ suggested by Latin physica, Greek phusika ‘natural things, ’ from phusis ‘nature. ’
Oxford Dictionary
physics
phys |ics |ˈfɪzɪks | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms. • the physical properties and phenomena of something: the physics of plasmas. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting natural science in general, especially the Aristotelian system ): plural of obsolete physic ‘physical (thing ’), suggested by Latin physica, Greek phusika ‘natural things ’ from phusis ‘nature ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
physics
phys ics /fɪ́zɪks /〖語源は 「自然科学 (physic )の学問 (ics )」; 〗→phone 1 語源 名詞 U 〖単数扱い 〗物理学 ▸ theoretical physics 理論物理学 ▸ a degree in physics 物理学の学位
The Wordsmith Dictionary