plural in form but singular or plural in construction
1
: a science that deals with matter and energy and their interactions
2
a
: the physical processes and phenomena of a particular system
b
: the physical properties and composition of something
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The other key component of the genre — which, to be fair, owes plenty to decades of martial arts films from Hong Kong, Japan and Thailand — is that the fights be choreographed as nonstop action ballets, stretching and bending the laws of physics as much as any Busby Berkeley dance routine.
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Yu and Desiré Whitmore, the museum’s senior physics educator, are set to host the English live coverage.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Now a student at a major research university, he’s been channeling this interest into the study of physics and astronomy.
—Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
Jonas Buxton, of St. Charles, who holds a bachelor’s degree in physics, was sentenced in December 2022 to 18 months’ probation after pleading guilty to a single count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
When talking about parallel universes, physics is usually the main subject.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
But what is the twentieth-century physics that is said to break down?
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
On the campus of the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing, a physics professor is brutally beaten to death on stage by his own students and denounced by his colleague and wife, while his daughter Ye Wenjie (played by Zine Tseng) watches in horror.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
The show also splits Wang’s character into the Oxford Five, an ethnically diverse group of friends consisting of Jin, research assistant Saul (Jovan Adepo), nanotech expert Auggie (Eiza González), physics teacher Will (Alex Sharp), and snack magnate Jack (John Bradley).
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Yu and Desiré Whitmore, the museum’s senior physics educator, are set to host the English live coverage.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Now a student at a major research university, he’s been channeling this interest into the study of physics and astronomy.
—Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
Jonas Buxton, of St. Charles, who holds a bachelor’s degree in physics, was sentenced in December 2022 to 18 months’ probation after pleading guilty to a single count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
When talking about parallel universes, physics is usually the main subject.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
But what is the twentieth-century physics that is said to break down?
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
On the campus of the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing, a physics professor is brutally beaten to death on stage by his own students and denounced by his colleague and wife, while his daughter Ye Wenjie (played by Zine Tseng) watches in horror.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
The show also splits Wang’s character into the Oxford Five, an ethnically diverse group of friends consisting of Jin, research assistant Saul (Jovan Adepo), nanotech expert Auggie (Eiza González), physics teacher Will (Alex Sharp), and snack magnate Jack (John Bradley).
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
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physics
noun
phys·ics
ˈfiz-iks 
1
: a science that deals with matter and energy and their actions upon each other in the fields of mechanics, heat, light, electricity, sound, and the atomic nucleus
2
: physical composition, characteristics, or processes
the physics of sound
Medical Definition
physics
noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction
phys·ics
ˈfiz-iks
: a science that deals with matter and energy and their interactions in the fields of mechanics, acoustics, optics, heat, electricity, magnetism, radiation, atomic structure, and nuclear phenomena
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