PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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Meaning:

The physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something

Example:

he studied the physics of radiation

Synonyms:

physical science; physics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("physical science" is a kind of...):

natural science (the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "physical science"):

acoustics (the study of the physical properties of sound)