資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Physical \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.