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   physical

   /ˈfɪzɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the body as opposed to the mind: "a range of physical and mental challenges" Similar bodilycorporealcorporalfleshlyin the fleshrare:somaticOpposite mental
   • ▪ involving bodily contact or activity: "less physical sports such as bowls" Similar manuallabouringblue-collarearthlyworldlyterrestrialearthboundnon-spiritualunspiritualmaterialcarnalfleshlysensualmortalhumantemporalbrutishbestialanimalbasesordidsecularlaymundaneOpposite clericalintellectualspiritual
   • 2. relating to things perceived through the senses as opposed to the mind; tangible or concrete: "the physical world" Similar materialsubstantialsolidconcretetangiblepalpablevisiblerealactualOpposite abstractintangible
   • 3. relating to physics or the operation of natural forces generally: "physical laws"

   noun

   • 1. a medical examination to determine a person's bodily fitness: "at fifty-something, each year's physical was a kind of lottery"
   • 2. stocks held in actual commodities for immediate exchange, for example as opposed to futures: "the exchange of futures for physicals"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to medicine’): from medieval Latin physicalis, from Latin physica ‘things relating to nature’ (see physic). Sense 2 dates from the late 16th century and sense 1 from the late 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. physicalness noun

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