classical physics

collocation in English

meaningsofclassicalandphysics

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classical
adjective
uk
/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/
traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time, and considered to be of ...
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physics
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfɪz.ɪks/us
/ˈfɪz.ɪks/
the scientific study of matter and energy and the effect that they have on ...
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(Definition ofclassicalandphysicsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Chaos inclassicalphysicsmay be approached by dynamical (equationally determined) systems or stochastic ones (as random processes).
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Here there are further ties toclassicalphysicswhen one considers a pair of preference conditions as a potential function.
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In contrast to the objects of interest toclassicalphysics, human beings are living, active, interactive, reactive, and adaptive organisms.
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Consider first the idea of the internalization ofclassicalphysics.
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It is not because principles of kinematic geometry are preferred over principles ofclassicalphysics, since these two fields are not in predictive rivalry.
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Classicalphysicsadds to kinematic geometry, it does not contradict it.
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To illustrate this, consider a possible "classicalphysicsworld," devoid of friction, air resistance, and gravity.
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In this sense, with the introduction of general relativity,classicalphysicsdid change the concept of what the vacuum is.
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An explanation can be furnished inclassicalphysics.
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It is reminiscent of the situation that developed in quantum mechanics, where it became common to talk about the failure ofclassicalphysics.
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The most complex systems inclassicalphysicscorrespond to chaotic systems, for which a body of well-defined properties have been found and classified.
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It isclassicalphysicsthat, given some additional assumptions, singles out the rectilinear path among the many possible paths offered by kinematic geometry.
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It is in this way thatclassicalphysicsbecame monolithically deterministic.
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If this is plausible whereclassicalphysicsis concerned, it is surely that much more persuasive when we attend to contemporary physics.
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