- (a.) Of or pertaining to physic or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
- (a.) Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to physics or natural philosophy; treating of or relating to, the causes and connections of natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the physical part of man.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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