[fiz-iks] 
) | the science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force. |
[fiz-ik] noun, verb, -icked, -ick⋅ing.| 1. | a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative. |
| 2. | any medicine; a drug or medicament. |
| 3. | Archaic. the medical art or profession. |
| 4. | Obsolete. natural science. |
| 5. | to treat with or act upon as a physic or medicine. |
| 6. | to work upon as a medicine does; relieve or cure. |
science of nature, n. use of fem. adj.: pertaining to nature (akin to phŷlon tribe, phylon ); (v.) ME, deriv. of the n.| phys·ic (fĭz'ĭk) n.
[Middle English phisik, from Old French fisique, medical science, natural science, from Latin, natural science, from Greek phusikē, feminine of phusikos, of nature, from phusis, nature; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.] |
| phys·ics (fĭz'ĭks) n.
[From Latin physica, from Greek (ta) phusika, from neuter pl. of phusikos, of nature; see physics.] |
The scientific study of matter and motion. (See mechanics, optics, quantum mechanics, relativity, and thermodynamics.)
physic phys·ic (fĭz'ĭk)
n.
A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic.
physics phys·ics (fĭz'ĭks)
n.
Abbr. phys. The science of matter and energy and of interactions between the two, grouped in traditional fields such as acoustics, optics, mechanics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism, as well as in modern extensions including atomic and nuclear physics, cryogenics, solid-state physics, particle physics, and plasma physics.
Physical properties, interactions, processes, or laws.
