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a. [ Pref. anti- + physical. ] Contrary to nature; unnatural. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Astro- + physics. ] (Astron.) The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc. It is a branch of astronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its observations were traditionally made with the spectroscope, bolometer, etc., usually in connection with the telescope. In modern times, radiotelescopes, infrared telescopes, X-ray and gamma ray detectors and neutrino detection equipment located deep underground are all put into service to observe and test theories about astronomical phenomena. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. the concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. cata + physical. ] Unnatural; contrary to nature. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or . [ So called after a Dr. Culver, who used it. ] (Bot.) The root of a handsome erect herb (Leptandra Virginica syn. Veronica Virginica) common in most moist woods of North America , used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a diapophysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not subject to physical laws or methods. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to geophysics; as, geophysical sciences. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a specialist in geology.
Syn. -- geologist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A branch of geology that uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth.
Syn. -- geophysical science. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the branch of particle physics which studies collisions of particles accelerated to such high energy that new fundamental particles are generated in the process. The creation of new particles of very high energy is required to permit the study of the most fundamental relations between forms of matter, so as to understand the fundamental nature of matter. The high energies also reproduce the high-temperature conditions at the earliest phase of the big bang, allowing generation of some data relevant to understanding the nature and evolution of the universe. [ PJC ]

a. Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. métaphysique. ] See Metaphysics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Metaphysical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. métaphysique. See Metaphysics. ] 1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Preternatural or supernatural. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The golden round
Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem
To have thee crowned withal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. métaphysicien. ] One who is versed in metaphysics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; &unr_; &unr_; after those things which relate to external nature, after physics, fr. &unr_; beyond, after + &unr_; relating to external nature, natural, physical, fr. &unr_; nature: cf. F. métaphysique. See Physics. The term was first used by the followers of Aristotle as a name for that part of his writings which came after, or followed, the part which treated of physics. ] 1. The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; philosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Metaphysics is distinguished as general and special. General metaphysics is the science of all being as being. Special metaphysics is the science of one kind of being; as, the metaphysics of chemistry, of morals, or of politics. According to Kant, a systematic exposition of those notions and truths, the knowledge of which is altogether independent of experience, would constitute the science of metaphysics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commonly, in the schools, called metaphysics, as being part of the philosophy of Aristotle, which hath that for title; but it is in another sense: for there it signifieth as much as “books written or placed after his natural philosophy.” But the schools take them for “books of supernatural philosophy;” for the word metaphysic will bear both these senses. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now the science conversant about all such inferences of unknown being from its known manifestations, is called ontology, or metaphysics proper. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Metaphysics are [ is ] the science which determines what can and what can not be known of being, and the laws of being, a priori. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology. [ 1913 Webster ]

Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science or complement of sciences exclusively occupied with mind. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether, after all,
A larger metaphysics might not help
Our physics. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scientist specializing in nuclear physics. [ PJC ]

n. That branch of physics which studies the structure of and phenomena observed in atomic nuclei. [ PJC ]

n. That branch of physics which investigates the nature of matter, and in particular the properties and behavior of the elementary particles (fundamental particles), of which matter is composed. Included in this field is the more specialized branch of high-energy physics. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Physiced p. pr. & vb. n. Physicking ] 1. To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

The labor we delight in physics pain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mind diseased no remedy can physic. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. phisike, fisike, OF. phisique, F. physique knowledge of nature, physics, L. physica, physice, fr. Gr. fysikh`, fr. fysiko`s natural, from fy`sis nature, fr. fy`ein to produce, grow, akin to E. be. See Be, and cf. Physics, Physique. ] 1. The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine; -- an archaic term, superseded by medicine. [ archaic ] “A doctor of physik.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A physician. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Physic nut (Bot.), a small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha Curcas), and its seeds, which are well flavored, but contain a drastic oil which renders them dangerous if eaten in large quantities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the physical part of man. [ 1913 Webster ]

Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in putting objects in motion. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy; treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws. “Physical philosophy.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative. [ Obs. ] “Physical herbs.” Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is Brutus sick? and is it physical
To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors
Of the dank morning? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Physical astronomy, that part of astronomy which treats of the causes of the celestial motions; specifically, that which treats of the motions resulting from universal gravitation. --
Physical education, training of the bodily organs and powers with a view to the promotion of health and vigor. --
Physical examination (Med.), an examination of the bodily condition of a person. --
Physical geography. See under Geography. --
Physical point, an indefinitely small portion of matter; a point conceived as being without extension, yet having physical properties, as weight, inertia, momentum, etc.; a material point. --
Physical signs (Med.), the objective signs of the bodily state afforded by a physical examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Philosophy) The doctrine that matter is the only reality.
Syn. -- materialism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites; -- of people.
Syn. -- animalism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am not now treating physically of light or colors. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According to the rules of medicine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He that lives physically must live miserably. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

physicalness n. The quality of being physical; consisting of matter; materiality.
Syn. -- materiality, corporeality. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. fisician, fisicien, OF. physucien, a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See Physic. ] 1. A person skilled in medicine, or the art of healing; especially, one trained and licensed to treat illness and prescribe medicines; a doctor of medicine. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Licensed as a physician. [ Obs. ] “A physicianed apothecary.” Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may so call it) develops into science. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in physics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. pr. & vb. n. fr. Physic, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Fr. Gr. fysiko`s natural, physical. ] A combining form, denoting relation to, or dependence upon, natural causes, or the science of physics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Physico- + chemical. ] Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Physico- + logic. ] Logic illustrated by physics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to physicologic. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Physico- + -logy. ] Physics. [ R. ] -- Phys`i*col"o*gist n. [R.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ Physico- + mathematics. ] Mixed mathematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Physico- + philosophy. ] The philosophy of nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Physico- + theology. ] Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Physic. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man. [ 1913 Webster ]

Psychophysical time (Physiol.), the time required for the mind to transform a sensory impression into a motor impulse. It is an important part of physiological or reaction time. See under Reaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Psycho- + physics. ] The science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something superphysical and superchemical. J. Le Conte. [ 1913 Webster ]