branch of physics

collocation in English

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branch
noun[C]
uk
/brɑːntʃ/us
/bræntʃ/
a part of ...
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physics
noun[U]
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/ˈfɪz.ɪks/us
/ˈfɪz.ɪks/
the scientific study of matter and energy and the effect that they have on ...
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(Definition ofbranchandphysicsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thebranchofphysicsthat deals with solids is called solid-state physics, and is the main branch of condensed matter physics (which also includes liquids).
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To describe the process of desire, they draw on fluid dynamics, thebranchofphysicsthat studies how a fluid flows through space.
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The discovery that particles are discrete packets of energy with wave-like properties led to thebranchofphysicsdealing with atomic and sub-atomic systems which is today called quantum mechanics.
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In thermodynamics (thebranchofphysicsdealing with heat), entropy is popularly described as a measure of the disorder in a physical system of matter and energy.
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The search for extremum principles for non-equilibrium thermodynamics follows their successful use in other branches of physics.
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Ecological physics is abranchofphysicsthat deals with phenomena on the scale of, and with reference to, actual or potential perceiver-actors.
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If it were successful in doing this, we would not need physics (or, specifically, the dynamicalbranchofphysicscalled celestial mechanics) for this purpose.
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Parts of this book should be read by anyone interested in reconnection in anybranchofphysics: classical or quantum.
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The book, however, is not an account of a local incident but of the development of abranchofphysicsover two centuries.
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Therefore, mathematics is abranchofphysics.
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Instead, kinematic geometry is (as its name implies) a branch of geometry, not (as todorovic and some other commentators assert) abranchofphysicsor (specifically) of mechanics.
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There, he specialized in rheology (abranchofphysicsthat deals with deformation and flow of matter), and in particular, the studies of viscous-plastics.
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Thisbranchofphysicswhich involves studying some of the fastest physical events is also known as attoscience.
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Quantum gravity is thebranchofphysicsthat seeks to describe gravity using the principles of quantum mechanics.
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More specifically, optics is abranchofphysicsthat examines the behavior and properties of light and the interaction of light with matter.
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Ocean models make use of abranchofphysics, geophysical fluid dynamics, that describes the large-scale flow of fluids such as seawater.
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Dynamics is a branch of classical mechanics, which in turn is abranchofphysics.
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Electronic band theory (abranchofphysics) says that a charge flows if states are available into which electrons can be excited.
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The formal distinction between both fields is that physical chemistry is a branch of chemistry while chemical physics is abranchofphysics.
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