Physics vs Physis - What's the difference?
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The branch of science concerned with the study of properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
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Of or pertaining to the physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those studied in physics.
(physic)
(Ancient Greek philosophy and theology) nature, as contrasted with law or custom
(anatomy) The epiphyseal plate, a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone, found in children and adolescents.
As nouns the difference between physics and physis
is that physics is the branch of science concerned with the study of properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy or physics can be while physis is (ancient greek philosophy and theology) nature, as contrasted with law or custom.As a verb physics
is (physic).physics
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(wikipedia physics)Alternative forms
* physicks (obsolete)Noun
(-)citation, passage=The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.}}
- 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.
- The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.