physics

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The science that studies matter, energy, motion, and forces, and how they work together.

   Like a rulebook for how everything in the universe moves and works.

   She wants to study physics at college next year.

   Physics explains why a dropped ball falls to the ground.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The real-world forces and motion that make a thing behave the way it does.

   Like knowing the rules behind how a spinning top stays upright.

   The physics of a roller coaster keeps the cars on the track.

   Engineers studied the physics of the bridge before building it.

   Similarmechanics

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3. 3
   noun

   Plural of physic. Use this when you mean more than one old-fashioned medicine.

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4. 4
   verb

   The form of physic used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

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