Collocations withphysics
These are words often used in combination withphysics.
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applied physics
It took another forty to fifty years for applied physics to achieve the same level of public acclaim that chemists had long taken for granted.
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atmospheric physics
This also makes the book an excellent introduction to the subject for students of astronomy, geology, and atmospheric physics.
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basic physics
The process mechanisms can be well understood since they are clearly illustrated and explained by basic physics.
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branch of physics
Ecological physics is a branch of physics that deals with phenomena on the scale of, and with reference to, actual or potential perceiver-actors.
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chemical physics
Eventually physical chemistry was loosened from chemistry in the same way that, somewhat later, chemical physics was emancipated from physics.
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classical physics
Chaos in classical physics may be approached by dynamical (equationally determined) systems or stochastic ones (as random processes).
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computational physics
To align his work with the higher-status "theory," he drew an epistemic distinction between his own "theoretical" style of computational physics and the more "experimental" style of standard simulation.
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contemporary physics
Then nothing will remain of my whole castle in the air including the theory of gravitation, but also nothing of the rest of contemporary physics.
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experimental physics
In a way, behavioral finance suffers from the same criticism once directed at experimental physics.
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field of physics
His investigations in the field of physics are conceived in the axiomatic spirit.
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fundamental physics
Not only was the formal apparatus radically new, but there was an even more abrupt break with the traditional principles of fundamental physics.
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law of physics
In contrast, no designer would ever deny a law of physics; instead, she would find ways of working around it.
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modern physics
Modern physics must draw geometry into the realm of its investigations.
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optical physics
Optical physics enables advances in multiphoton imaging.
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physics class
In a grade 12 physics class, the teacher is discussing different types of waves and wave motions (transverse and longitudinal waves; compression and rarefaction).
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physics community
On what grounds was the opposition of the physics community based?
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physics department
To think that the physics department will buy the music department a new gigabit router, and pay to rewire the concert halls with fibre, seems like pipe dreaming.
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physics lab
There is a computer lab, two chemistry labs, a biology lab and a physics lab.
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physics laboratory
The second is an organizational meeting in a physics laboratory.
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physics teacher
A letter sent to me by a physics teacher illustrates the problem.
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principle of physics
A principle of physics as applicable to shoulder delivery.
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solar physics
Ximenes aimed to use the cathedral both as the center of his cartographical grid and as an instrument of solar physics.
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theoretical physics
Finally, there is some intuition from theoretical physics that seems relevant to semantics, in particular concerning time and dynamical systems.
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underlying physics
The former is often the most difficult step, and requires knowledge of the underlying physics.
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