OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4629

physics

/ˈfɪz.ɪks/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
física
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
An analysis of media reports can correspondingly cast some light not only on how much physics is being reported, but on what branches of physics attract most popular attention.
Newtonian physics was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.
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