different between physics vs iatrophysical

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Alternative forms

• physicks (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from Ancient Greek ????? (phúsis, “origin; nature, property”), from Ancient Greek ??? (phú?, “produce; bear; grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?z.?ks/

Noun

physics (uncountable)

1. The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

   Newtonian physics was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.

2. The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those studied scientifically.

   The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.

Antonyms

• nonphysics

Hyponyms

Meronyms

• See also Thesaurus:physics

Derived terms

Related terms

• physical
• physicist

Translations

Noun

physics

1. plural of physic

Verb

physics

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of physic

Further reading

• physics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• physics in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• physics at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

iatro- +? physical

Adjective

iatrophysical (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of or relating to a 17th-century school of medical thought that explained all physiological and pathological phenomena by the laws of physics; opposed to the iatrochemical school.