Physics vs Reality - 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)
The state of being actual or real.
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*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
*:A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
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, title= A real entity, event or other fact.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:And to realities yield all her shows.
*(James Beattie) (1735-1803)
*:My neck may be an idea to you, but it is reality to me.
The entirety of all that is real.
An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
(lb) Loyalty; devotion.
*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
*:To express our reality to the emperor.
Realty; real estate.
As nouns the difference between physics and reality
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 reality is the state of being actual or real.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.
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* aerophysics * astrophysics * attophysics * biophysics * cartoon physics * chemical physics * classical physics * econophysics * ecophysics * gastrophysics * geophysics * heliophysics * macrophysics * metametaphysics * metaphysics * microphysics * modern physics * neurophysics * nonphysics * nuclear physics * particle physics * pataphysics * petrophysics * photophysics * psychophysics * quantum biophysics * quantum physics * radiation physics * radiophysics * sociophysics * soil physics * tectonophysics * theoretical physicsNoun
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Noun
(en-noun)Globalisation is about taxes too, passage=It is time the international community faced the reality : we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today