The labor we delight in physics pain.
Shak.
A mind diseased no remedy can physic.
Byron.
Phys"ic*al (?), 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.
Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in putting objects
in motion.
J. S. Mill.
A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force.
Macaulay.
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.
3. Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by
the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters
of a mineral.
4. Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal;
curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative. [Obs.] "Physical herbs."
Sir T. North.
Is Brutus sick? and is it physical To walk unbraced, and suck up
the humors Of the dank morning?
Shak.
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.
Phys"ic*al*ly, adv. In a physical manner; according to the laws of
nature or physics; by physical force; not morally.