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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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
Elsie supplements her work as an adjunct professor in theoretical physics by offering up herself as a fake girlfriend.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Spring, who died in 2009, was dubious of mainstream physics and scoffed at the peer-review process, believing more in his own powers of observation.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Contributing writer Keith Cooper is a freelance science journalist and editor in the United Kingdom, and has a degree in physics and astrophysics from the University of Manchester.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Physics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physics. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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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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