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physical science
noun
- any of the natural sciences dealing with inanimate matter or with energy, as physics, chemistry, and astronomy.
- these sciences collectively.
physical science
noun
- any of the sciences concerned with nonliving matter, energy, and the physical properties of the universe, such as physics, chemistry, astronomy, and geology Compare life science
physical science
- Any of several branches of science, such as physics, chemistry, and astronomy, that study the nature and properties of energy and nonliving matter.
- Compare life science
Other Words From
- physical scientist noun
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
To count the number of urban residents exposed to extreme heat, we used data and models that incorporate advances in both social and physical sciences.
This critical question reaches beyond physical sciences into economics, sociology, and even psychology.
From 2017 to 2019, they constituted nearly three-quarters of all health care workers, but were outnumbered by men in the physical sciences, computing and engineering.
In the United States, only one in three bachelor’s degrees in physical sciences, engineering, and computing go to women, and fewer than one in five doctoral degrees in those fields.
Further still, all our dearest interests lie beyond the domains of physical science, in the regions of faith.
Alexander recommended to him to attend particularly to experiments in physical science.
An atmosphere was then created in which physical science could not grow.
While he sneers at physical science, he regards theological science as a blind superstition.
Of course the protest that will be heard at once is that what we now mean by science is physical science.
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