physical

modif.

1. Concerning matter

   material, corporeal, visible, tangible, sensible, environmental, palpable, substantial, natural, real, solid, concrete, ponderable, materialistic; see also real 2.

2. Concerning the body

   bodily, corporal, corporeal, fleshly; see bodily 1.

3. Concerning physics

   mechanical, motive, electrical, sonic, vibratory, vibrational, thermal, radioactive, radiational, atomic, relating to matter, relating to motive forces, dynamic.

physical applies either to material things as they are perceivable by the senses or to forces that are scientifically measurable the physical world, the physical properties of sound; material is applied to anything that is formed of matter and has substance material objects, material possessions; corporeal applies only to such material objects as have bodily form and are tangible corporeal property; sensible, in this connection, is applied to that which can be known through the senses rather than through the intellect a sensible phenomenon See also syn. study at bodily.

physical

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