of or relating to that which is material: the physical universe; the physical sciences.
noting or pertaining to the properties of matter and energy other than those peculiar to living matter.
pertaining to the physical sciences, especially physics.
carnal; sexual: a physical attraction.
tending to touch, hug, pat, etc.; physically demonstrative: a physical person.
requiring, characterized by, or liking rough physical contact or strenuous physical activity: Football is a physical sport.
noun
physical examination.
Origin of physical
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin physicālis “concerning medicine.” See physic, -al1
SYNONYMS FOR physical
1 somatic; fleshly.
2 tangible, palpable.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR physical ON THESAURUS.COM
synonym study for physical
1. Physical,bodily,corporeal,corporal agree in pertaining to the body. Physical indicates connected with, pertaining to, the animal or human body as a material organism: physical strength, exercise.Bodily means belonging to, concerned with, the human body as distinct from the mind or spirit: bodily pain or suffering.Corporeal, a more poetic and philosophical word than bodily, refers especially to the mortal substance of which the human body is composed as opposed to spirit: this corporeal habitation.Corporal is now usually reserved for reference to whippings and other punishments inflicted on the human body.
A guideline to improve children’s physical health, for example, includes using AI to help tackle environmental pollution.
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However, coronavirus threw a spanner in the works for physical stores.
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During the pandemic, getting enough physical activity may be even more difficult than usual.
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Some school districts are trying to bring younger kids into physical classrooms before older kids.
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For her events, she always include “artifacts,” as Haskins calls them, or vignettes primed for social media—a way for the event to extend beyond the physical room.
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Also, she was tall and thin, too, further adding to the ways she met the physical beauty conventions.
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But this physical involvement, or lack of it, is only part of the problem.
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If the operation caused no physical damage, it would be in bounds.
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That means any response that could result in physical damage inside North Korea is off the table.
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I return home after several days in the hospital and start thrice weekly physical therapy.
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Toward the end of the hundred hours Jackson, the prison doctor, examined my physical condition several times.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)|Jack London
I do not remember much else about it; indeed, the pain in my arm was so sharp that I had no eyes for physical features.
Ayesha|H. Rider Haggard
It may also depend upon the physical condition of the victim at the time the venom enters into the system.
Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901]|Various
While at El Toro did Oswald become engaged in any physical altercations with anybody?
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All the sects of the philosophers have stranded on the reef of moral and physical ill.
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary|Voltaire
British Dictionary definitions for physical
physical
/ (ˈfɪzɪkəl) /
adjective
of or relating to the body, as distinguished from the mind or spirit
of, relating to, or resembling material things or naturethe physical universe
involving or requiring bodily contactrugby is a physical sport
of or concerned with matter and energy
of or relating to physics
perceptible to the senses; apparenta physical manifestation