physics
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noun
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the branch of science concerned with the properties of matter and energy and the relationships between them. It is based on mathematics and traditionally includes mechanics, optics, electricity and magnetism, acoustics, and heat. Modern physics, based on quantum theory, includes atomic, nuclear, particle, and solid-state studies. It can also embrace applied fields such as geophysics and meteorology
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physical properties of behaviour
the physics of the electron
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archaic natural science or natural philosophy
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The scientific study of matter, energy, space, and time, and of the relations between them.
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The behavior of a given physical system, especially as understood by a physical theory.
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Sometime in the next 15 years, the same technology that produced the world’s first photograph will allow us to make the most powerful, densely packed silicon microchips allowed by physics.
He was better at physics than he was at predictions but I reckon he would have calculated that the floodlights will inspire Leeds again - but City will still come out on top.
From BBC
Simple physics means a steel and concrete venue filled with thousands of people is already a very harsh network environment, says Elliot Townsend, senior director at HPE Networking.
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Spaces are well-defined and venerable terms in physics and math.
This is where wafers are patterned with trillions of transistors inside machines that are so sophisticated they perform multiple tasks that test the boundaries of physics.
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