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fiscal, physical
fiscal (FIS kuhl) (adjective)
Of or relating to money and especially to the money a government, business, or organization earns, spends, and owes: Greg asked, "William, what is the fiscal situation now of the firm that you own?"
physical (FIZ i k'l) (adjective)
Relating to the body of a person instead of the mind: Dr. Snow is interested in a person's physical health, not his mental health.

Because of the fiscal restraints at this budget time, investment in programs for the physical well-being of people may not happen.

physical
1. Relating to the body, rather than to the mind, the soul, or the feelings.
2. Existing in the real material world, rather than as an idea or notion, and able to be touched and seen; physical evidence.
3. Involving or needing a lot of bodily strength or energy; hard physical work. 4. Involving a lot of bodily contact or aggression: "Some of the players were a little too physical."
5. Tending to touch people or involving touching; especially, in an affectionate or sexual way.
6. A description of sciences; such as, physics and chemistry both of which deal with nonliving things such as energy and matter.
7. Of or relating to matter and energy or the sciences dealing with them, especially physics.
8. Informal, or slang, usage: a physical examination, get "physical" with exercise, etc.

Pointing to a page about Let's Get Physical song Another slang usage of "physical" as expressed in a popular 1981 song.

This entry is located in the following unit: physic-, physico-, physi-, physio-, phy- (page 5)
(a myth which has become a physical-medical application)
(sleeping bears and their physical conditions)
(Greek: struggle, a contest [in war or in sports], to contend for a prize; physical activity, rigorous self-discipline or training)
(be aware of the effects of oxytocin in nasal sprays)
(Greek: above, over; excessive; more than normal; abnormal excess [in medicine]; abnormally great or powerful sensation [in physical or pathological terms]; highest [in chemical compounds])
(with special implications)
(Latin: feeling, perception through physical awareness; to discern or detect by touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing, etc.)
(extensive information about the physical aspects of the tongue and how it functions)
Word Entries containing the term: “physical
Biometrics: Important Role in Physical Access Control
A biometric tool that is important for physical-access control.
industrial geography (s) (noun), physical geographies (pl)
A branch of economics that deals with various production activities; such as, the influences that physical locations might have on factories.
physical anthropologist (s) (noun), physical anthropologists (pl)
Those who isolate various kinds of traits and make it possible to understand the compositions of human populations and to formulate hypotheses concerning their future: The information accumulated by physical anthropologists provide available facts about the groups inhabiting the world as well as the individuals composing those groups.

The growth studies, both of humans and other primates, engage the attention of many physical anthropologists in medical and dental schools as well as in independent clinics and universities.

physical anthropology (s) (noun), physical anthropologies (pl)
The branch of human culture that studies the development over time of the bodily characteristics and the differences in appearances among the various people of the world, as distinct from cultural differences: Physical anthropology is concerned with the related problems of tracing the emergence of mankind as an animal form and the nature, causes, and significance of past and present variations in the biological characteristics of the various human species and breeds.

Some law enforcement agencies often call upon physical anthropologists to identify skeletal remains because of the kinds of information which may be derived from a skeleton about the gender, age, stature, race, bone diseases, individual structural peculiarities; such as, right-handed or left-handedness; and the major blood types which can be determined because blood group substances are present in several tissues and fluids of the bodiy, includig the spongy tissue found inside the vertebrae and the joints of the long bones.

physical markup language, PML
An Auto-ID Center-designed method of describing products in a way computers can understand.

PML is based on the widely accepted eXtensible Markup Language used to share data over the internet in a format all computers can use.

The idea is to create a computer language that companies can use to describe products so that computer can search for, say, all "softdrinks" in inventory.

This entry is located in the following unit: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Definitions (page 7)
physical narcissism
Narcissism manifested as a preoccupation with one's appearance and exhibitionism.
This entry is located in the following units: -ism, -ismus (page 45) narciss-, narcis- + (page 1)
physical therapist, physiotherapist
The treatment of physical dysfunction or injury by the use of therapeutic exercise and the application of modalities, intended to restore or facilitate normal function or development.
This entry is located in the following unit: physic-, physico-, physi-, physio-, phy- (page 5)
(Egyptians suffered with a variety of physical complaints despite healthier habits among ancient nations)
(geography includes mapmakers, scientists, explorers of the earth and provides a way to look at both the physical world and the people who live in various parts this globe)
(mathematics is the deductive study of quantities, magnitudes, and shapes as determined by the use of numbers and symbols while every branch of science and engineering depends on mathematics; measurement is the process of associating numbers with physical quantities and phenomena and measurement is fundamental to the sciences; to engineering, construction, and other technical fields; and to almost all everyday activities)
Word Entries at Get Words containing the term: “physical
2. Scientific method, formlation of physical laws and generalizations
The formulation of physical laws from the generalization of the phenomena: physical laws are the way nature usually behaves based on what has been observed in the past.
This entry is located in the following unit: Measurements and Mathematics Terms (page 1)
physical anthropology
The study of the physical characteristics of human beings and their ancestors, and of the variability of these characteristics among and within identifiable groups.
physical metallurgy
1. The properties of metals and their applications.
2. The adaptation of metals for everyday use.
3. Concerned with the ways metals and alloys are worked mechanically, their heat treatment, and their testing.

Physical metallurgy begins with the dressing of ore, using physical methods; such as, crushing, grinding, and separation by gravity to separate the various minerals that are found in a specific ore.

This entry is located in the following unit: Metallurgy Topics or Metal Technology + (page 2)
physical therapist (s) physical therapists (pl) (nouns)
Professional health-care scientists who use physical manipulations, heat, cold, etc. to treat a wide variety of physical health problems.
This entry is located in the following unit: Health Care Providers, Health-Care Providers, Healthcare Providers (page 3)
physical vapor deposition
A method of depositing thin semiconductor photovoltaic films.

With this method, physical processes, such as thermal evaporation or bombardment of ions, are used to deposit elemental semiconductor material on a substrate.

This entry is located in the following unit: Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms + (page 16)
physical weathering
  • Temperature changes, weakening rocks by expansion and contraction.
  • Frost, wedging rocks pushing them apart by the expansion of water when freezing.
  • Unloading, the loosening of rock layers by the release of pressure after the erosion and removal of those layers.
This entry is located in the following unit: Meteorology or Weather Terms + (page 5)
sins of physical violence (s) (noun), sins of physical violences (pl)
There have been, and currently are, many reports of murders by stabbings and shootings of people, or other methods, in many places of the world: The sins of physical violences are happening with no justifications, or no logical reasons, and surely the villains will be punished while alive, if apprehended by the police, and after their deaths by God.
This entry is located in the following unit: sin-, sinn- (page 1)