physical property
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalandproperty
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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property
noun
uk/ˈprɒp.ə.ti/us/ˈprɑː.pɚ.t̬i/
an object or objects that belong ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandpropertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofphysical property
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What is thisphysicalproperty?
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It is possible that the banding affects thephysicalpropertyof the proximal pulmonary trunk.
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But note that even this is consistent with the extension of the relevantphysicalproperty.
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In this view, the property shared by radishes, tomatoes, and traffic lights is aphysicalproperty.
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Aphysicalpropertyof some sort - for example, a certain way of reflecting light?
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In the 50+ age group it occurs among five adjective types -physicalproperty, human propensity, age, value, and other.
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But there is no guarantee that you will have any means of discovering whether a givenphysicalpropertyis instantiated.
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The authors claim that the only possibility is that the perceived red is aphysicalpropertyof the strawberry.
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Furthermore, they postulate that (c) there is only a singlephysicalpropertythat is truly represented through color vision.
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There are still two respects in which the definitions of ' mental property ' and 'physicalproperty' are not symmetrical.
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In so countenancing this, they are committed to countenancing that we cannot know whatphysicalpropertyunique green is.
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This may be partly aphysicalpropertyof the building, and partly of social constraints dress code for example.
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These essays document and describe in some detail the ways in which law controls access to land andphysicalproperty.
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Malignant tumours feel harder that benign ones and thisphysicalpropertyis related to their coefficient of elasticity.
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Rather than reducing color to a simplephysicalproperty, it is more realistic to embrace its full phenomenology.
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However, should we associate color with aphysicalpropertywhen the visual system is only able to estimate the property imprecisely?
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The 50+ age group have minimal occurrence of so and it occurs in only four adjective types:physicalproperty, human propensity, value and other.
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Whenever one employs a numerical value to describe a continuously variablephysicalproperty, one is imposing an instantaneous value on this property.
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As in the case of the quadratic landscape, the surplus does not correspond to anyphysicalpropertyand must be calculated separately.
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Let us grant that, say, being a cathedral is not reducible to aphysicalproperty, and that it is not a purely subjective matter which entities are cathedrals.
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If we try to reduce the meanings of such terms to a narrowphysicalproperty, such as reflectance, we will be ignoring much of their meaning.
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And if a machine cannot be simulated on another one, indicating some greater expressive power, is the latter due to a computational or a fundamentalphysicalproperty?
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Second, the definition of 'physicalproperty' talks about discovering that a property is instantiated, whereas the definition of ' mental property ' talks about discovering whether a property is instantiated.
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It was a 'commercial property' that could only exist within thephysicalpropertyof the landlord, and, by extension, within the neighbourhood from which this clientele was drawn.
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