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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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   • English (US)

     PHYSICAL meaning: 1. relating to the body: 2. violent: 3....

   • Znaczenie Physical, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     physical definicja: 1. relating to the body: 2. violent: 3....

   • Physical Abuse

     PHYSICAL ABUSE definition: 1. violent treatment of another...

   • Physical: German Translation

     PHYSICAL translate: körperlich, physisch, physikalisch,...

   • Physical: Indonesian Translation

     PHYSICAL translate: badaniah, fisik, hukum alam, fisik,...

   • Physical: Catalan Translation

     physical translate: físic, físic. Learn more in the...

   • Physical Therapist

     PHYSICAL THERAPIST definition: 1. someone who treats people...

   • Physical Education

     PHYSICAL EDUCATION definition: 1. classes at school in which...

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   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.

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   When something is physical it's really there. You can see it, touch it, taste it, hear it, or smell it. The physical world is all of the stuff around you. When your doctor performs a physical, he or she is checking out your physical self.

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