[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

physical \phys"ical\ fi^z"i^kal, a.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in
            putting objects in motion.            --j. s. mill.
      1913 webster

            a society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere
            physical force.                       --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      "physical philosophy." --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. perceptible through a bodily or material organization;
      cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical,
      opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
      1913 webster

   4. of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine;
      medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
      obs. "physical herbs." --sir t. north.
      1913 webster

            is brutus sick? and is it physical
            to walk unbraced, and suck up the humors
            of the dank morning?                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   physical astronomy, that part of astronomy which treats of
      the causes of the celestial motions; specifically, that
      which treats of the motions resulting from universal
      gravitation.

   physical education, training of the bodily organs and
      powers with a view to the promotion of health and vigor.
      

   physical examination med., an examination of the bodily
      condition of a person.

   physical geography. see under geography.

   physical point, an indefinitely small portion of matter; a
      point conceived as being without extension, yet having
      physical properties, as weight, inertia, momentum, etc.; a
      material point.

   physical signs med., the objective signs of the bodily
      state afforded by a physical examination.
      1913 webster
see also:
physical astronomy physical education physical examination physical geography geography physical point 
physical signs 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

physical
     adj 1: involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit;
            "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy
            about everything but her physical appearance" ant: mental
     2: relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy;
        especially physics; "physical sciences"; "physical laws"
     3: having substance or material existence; perceptible to the
        senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by
        tangible objects" syn: tangible, touchable
     4: according with material things or natural laws other than
        those peculiar to living matter; "a reflex response to
        physical stimuli"
     5: characterized by energetic bodily activity; "tennis is an
        active sport"; "a very physical dance performance" syn: active
     6: concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the
        physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size
        of a computer"
     7: impelled by physical force especially against resistance;
        "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical";
        "strong-arm tactics" syn: forcible, strong-arm
see also:
mental tangible touchable active forcible strong-arm 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

84 moby thesaurus words for "physical":
   adamic, circean, actual, aerophysical, animal, animalistic,
   astrophysical, atavistic, beastlike, beastly, bestial, bodily,
   born, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, carnal-minded, check,
   checkup, coarse, coeval, concrete, congenital, connatal, connate,
   connatural, constitutional, corporal, corporeal, earthly, earthy,
   elemental, elementary, fallen, fleshly, genetic, gross, hereditary,
   hylic, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigenous,
   inherited, innate, instinctive, instinctual, lapsed, lusty,
   manifest, material, materialistic, materiate, mortal, native,
   native to, natural, natural to, nonspiritual, objective, organic,
   orgiastic, palpable, phenomenal, physical examination,
   postlapsarian, primal, real, secular, sensible, solid, somatic,
   spot check, substantial, swinish, tangible, temperamental,
   temporal, true, unspiritual, visceral, worldly

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

physical
     
         the opposite of logical in its jargon sense.
        compare real, virtual, and transparent.
     
        it is said that what you can touch and see is real; what you
        can see but not touch is virtual; what you can touch but not
        see is transparent; and what you can neither touch nor see is
        probably imaginary.
     
        2001-10-26
     
     
see also:
logical real virtual transparent 

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