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Physics Definition

Physics is the study of matter, motion, energy, and forces through spacetime. It aims to understand how the universe behaves through analysis of nature. Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines and intersects with many other areas like biophysics and quantum chemistry. Breakthroughs in physics have led to many modern technologies through applications of theoretical principles in areas like electromagnetism, nuclear physics, and thermodynamics.

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Physics Definition

Physics is the study of matter, motion, energy, and forces through spacetime. It aims to understand how the universe behaves through analysis of nature. Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines and intersects with many other areas like biophysics and quantum chemistry. Breakthroughs in physics have led to many modern technologies through applications of theoretical principles in areas like electromagnetism, nuclear physics, and thermodynamics.

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Physics (from Ancient Greek: physis "nature") is a natural science that involves the study of matter[1] and its

s motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force.[2] More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.[3][4][5] Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines, perhaps the oldest through its inclusion of astronomy.[6] Over the last two millennia, physics was a part of natural philosophy along with chemistry, certain branches of mathematics, and biology, but during the Scientific Revolution in the 16th century, the natural sciences emerged as unique research programs in their own right.[7] Physics intersects with many interdisciplinary areas of research, such as biophysics and quantum chemistry, and the boundaries of physics are not rigidly defined. New ideas in physics often explain the fundamental mechanisms of other sciences, while opening new avenues of research in areas such as mathematics and philosophy. Physics also makes significant contributions through advances in new technologies that arise from theoretical breakthroughs. For example, advances in the understanding of electromagnetism or nuclear physics led directly to the development of new products which have dramatically transformed modern-day society, such as television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons; advances in thermodynamics led to the development of industrialization; and advances in mechanics inspired the development of calculus.

Definition of Physics Physics The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.

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