(physics) A physical property that can be measured or calculated from other physical property and expressed as the product of a numerical value and a physical unit.

plural of physical map

Any of the branches of natural science and science that study non-living systems, in contrast to the biological sciences.

(idiomatic) A short break in a meeting or in a classroom setting, intended to improve attention by giving people a chance to move around.

plural of physicalist

plural of physical break

Pertaining to physicalism

An adherent of physicalism; A cosmological proceduralist.

(philosophy) A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality.

(medicine) The examination of the patient's body with the use of such methods as inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.