physical
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
physical/ˈfɪzɪkl/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
■ involving bodily contact or activity: a physical relationship.
- 2 relating to things perceived through the senses as opposed to the mind; tangible or concrete.
- 3 relating to physics or the operation of natural forces generally.
- 1 a medical examination to determine a person's bodily fitness.
- 2 (physicals) Stock Exchange stocks held in actual commodities for immediate exchange, as opposed, for example, to futures.
– derivatives
physicality /-ˈkalɪti/ noun,
physicalization (or physicalisation) noun,
physicalize (or physicalise) verb,
physically adverb,
physicalness noun.
physicality /-ˈkalɪti/ noun,
physicalization (or physicalisation) noun,
physicalize (or physicalise) verb,
physically adverb,
physicalness noun.
'physical' also found in these Oxford entries:
abstract
- abusive
- acute
- aerobic
- agony
- allotrope
- analogue
- anguish
- animality
- anthroposophy
- Apgar score
- archaeology
- assault
- assault and battery
- assault course
- asthenia
- astral
- astronomy
- astrophysics
- athletics
- attractive
- bale
- battery
- be
- biodynamics
- block
- bodily
- body
- bond
- brawn
- breakdown
- brute
- buff
- built
- burnout
- cabbage
- Callanetics
- capoeira
- carnal
- cataplexy
- cerebral
- child
- child abuse
- concrete
- condition
- constitutional
- contact
- conversion
- convulse
- corporal punishment
