(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
(a.) Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
Example Sentences:
(1) The absorption of ingested Pb is modified by its chemical and physical form, by interaction with dietary minerals and lipids and by the nutritional status of the individual.
(2) The performance characteristics of the CCD are well documented and understood, having been quantified by many experimenters, especially in the physical sciences.
(3) The difference in HDL and HDL2 cholesterol concentrations between the MI+ and MI- groups or between the MI+ and CHD- groups persisted after adjustment by analysis of covariance for the effect of physical activity, alcohol intake, obesity, duration of diabetes, and glycemic control.
(4) After a period on fat-rich diet the patient's physical fitness was increased and the recovery period after the acute load was shorter.
(5) DI James Faulkner of Great Manchester police said: “The men and women working in the factory have told us that they were subjected to physical and verbal assaults at the hands of their employers and forced to work more than 80-hours before ending up with around £25 for their week’s work.
(6) Throughout the period of rehabilitation, the frequent changes of a patient's condition may require a process of ongoing evaluation and appropriate adjustments in the physical therapy program.
(7) In a further study 1082 patients with a negative or doubtful result of the physical examination were investigated using ultrasound.
(8) We studied the effects of the localisation and size of ischemic brain infarcts and the influence of potential covariates (gender, age, time since infarction, physical handicap, cognitive impairment, aphasia, cortical atrophy and ventricular size) on 'post-stroke depression'.
(9) In spite of important differences in size, chemical composition, polymer density, and configuration, biological macromolecules indeed manifest some of the essential physical-chemical properties of gels.
(10) The cyclical nature of pyromania has parallels in cycles of reform in standards of civil commitment (Livermore, Malmquist & Meehl, 1958; Dershowitz, 1974), in the use of physical therapies and medications (Tourney, 1967; Mora, 1974), in treatment of the chronically mentally ill (Deutsch, 1949; Morrissey & Goldman, 1984), and in institutional practices (Treffert, 1967; Morrissey, Goldman & Klerman (1980).
(11) A 68 year-old man with a history of right thalamic hemorrhage demonstrated radiologically in the pulvinar and posterior portion of the dorsomedian nucleus developed a clinical picture of severe physical sequelae associated with major affective, behavioral and psychic disorders.
(12) Taken together with other physical studies on the effect of vitamin E on (unsaturated) phospholipids, these results indicate that vitamin E could influence the physical properties of membrane phospholipids in addition to its known antioxidant role.
(13) A careful history, a thorough physical examination, and an appropriate selection of tests will identify these patients.
(14) The results confirm that physical training is clinically effective in patients suffering from claudication.
(15) The experimental results for protein preparations of calmodulin in which Ca2+ was isomorphically replaced by Tb3+ were obtained by a spectrometer working at the Institute of Nuclear Physics.
(16) The studies reported here examined physical interactions between V. cholerae O1 and natural plankton populations of a geographical region in Bangladesh where cholera is an endemic disease.
(17) The weakness was treated by intensive physical rehabilitation with complete and sustained recovery in all cases.
(18) The physical effects of chlorination as demonstrated by experiments with batters and cakes and by physicochemical observations of flour and its fractions are also considered.
(19) Variables from the medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and radiographs were used to develop different sets of criteria to serve different investigative purposes.
(20) The initial history, physical findings, and roentgenographic examinations are found on this page.
Stomp
Definition:
(v. i.) To stamp with the foot.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nearest to Camburi and swimming distance from Praia Preta (Black Beach), this discerning, four-suite luxury home in Barra do Sahy is overseen by a Texan, who has stomped her Big-Oil-Meets-Brazil footprint all over it.
(2) I’m not sure that France or Italy would be our stomping ground, but I wouldn’t mind giving it a go.
(3) Images of her being dragged and stomped on - her black abaya cloak torn open to reveal her naked torso and blue bra - became a rallying symbol for the revolution and undermined the interim military rulers who held power between Mubarak's fall and Morsi's rise.
(4) The documentary moves beyond the charity's work to show British expatriates in Kenya; one stompingly posh woman remarks they have "a wildly gay time" there, and she feels that "even in their poverty, [the Kenyan people] are basically happy".
(5) She's like a bull stomping its hooves before a charge.
(6) One undercover officer, Peter Francis , who infiltrated anti-racist groups for four years, has described how he felt as if he was “stomping on the grave” of the four-year-old boy whose identity he used .
(7) In 2007 he was a convincing lead in Puppet Rapist , a five-part mock-cop show also scripted by Ford, which shares thematic stomping ground with Robot & Frank.
(8) Since Scott’s death it has also emerged that the second officer on the scene, Clarence Habersham – an African American – is the subject of a separate lawsuit in which the complainant states he was stomped in the face while handcuffed by a group of officers .
(9) The fight ends with you stomping the last remaining vitality from the hapless construction worker's blood-squirting body.
(10) The models' hair was styled into outsize saucers, their lashes and brows powdered white; they wore Black Watch tartan and scowled as they stomped.
(11) One component of precopulatory behavior (foot stomping) was not affected by EB.
(12) A very sharp-suited Alex Turner and band stomp through Do I Wanna Know?.
(13) Wilson described Brown as a “demon” – as an “it” – as a monstrous creature, stomping and huffing, and building up momentum for a final assault, like the Incredible Hulk – all comic-book id and no superego.
(14) Teachers demonstrated this by sending the wrapped present around and having each student stomp on it.
(15) "You'd get stomped while you were trying to figure out which setting to use," he concludes.
(16) Watching X Factor stars dodge foul-smelling flying objects Last year, Cher Lloyd got a soaking thanks to some airborne bottles of urine and stomped off after only two songs.
(17) Newspaper cartoonists made hay with the idea of Bill stomping all over his wife’s campaign.
(18) Pussy Riot are feted by the British establishment, but what would happen if a female punk band was prosecuted for stomping on the altar steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, singing abuse of the Queen?
(19) Back in Budapest, watching Charli and her all-girl band on stage, it's easy to see the appeal: live, she is a force, years of arena support slots whirled into a show full of wild mane-flicking, stomping, impressive back bends and tongue-waggling.
(20) Gerbils with either large anterior or posterior lesions were compared with normal gerbils by administering a battery of tests of rodent behaviours such as grooming, eating, social interaction, ventral marking and foot-stomping.