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Definition: Physically |
PhysicallyAdverb1. In accord with physical laws; "it is physically impossible". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "physically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
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Variation in the physical appearance of humans is believed by anthropologists to be an important factor in the development of personality and social relations. There is a relatively low sexual dimorphism between human males and females in comparison with other mammals.
However humans are acutely sensitive to variations in physical appearance for reasons of evolution.
Some people have traditionally linked some differences in personal appearance such as skeletal shape with race (but this is a controversial and sensitive matter).
Some differences in human appearance are genetic, others are the result of age or disease, and many are the result of personal adornment.
Physiological differences in human physical appearance from individual to individual
- Height, weight, skin color, sexual organs, moles, hair color and type, body shape, somatype (ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph), body deformations, mutilations and other imperfections such as amputations, scars, and wounds.
Long-term physiological changes in an individual
- Aging
Short-term physiological changes in an individual
- Blushing, crying, fainting, sexual arousal, reddening of the skin due to increased blood flow due to exertion. Sweating, Shivering, skin colour changes due to sunshine
Clothing and personal effects
- clothing, including headgear and footwear. Some clothes alter or mold the shape of the body (e.g. corset,bra)
- Style and colour of haircut, (See also dreadlocks, braids, pony tail, wig, hairpin, facial hair, beard and moustache)
- cosmetics, stage makeup, body paintings
- body modifications, such as body piercings and tattoos
- Decorative objects such as a necklaces, bracelets, rings
- Medical or body shape altering devices (e.g. tooth braces, bandages,hearing aids, calipers, cervical collar, glasses gold teeth)
See also
- Beauty, Fashion, Social role of hair, Vanity, human sexual attractiveness, Eigenface
References
- A discussion of the possible effect of physical appearance on personality development at personalityresearch.org
- Page with a list of links to discussions of the role of physical appearance in sexual selection and evolution. We need to link to their links directly, having read them, as this page is a blizzard of pop-up ads
- S. Ghirlanda, L. Jansson, M. Enquist; "Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans", Human Nature, Volume 13, Number 3 (2002) pp. 383-389
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Human physical appearance."
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Physics (from Greek from φυσικός (phusikos): natural, from φύσις (fysis): Nature) is the science of Nature in the broadest sense. Physicists study the behaviour and interactions of matter and radiation. Theories of physics are generally expressed as mathematical relations. Well-established theories are often referred to as physical laws or laws of physics; however, like all scientific theories, they are ultimately provisional.Physics is very closely related to the other natural sciences, particularly chemistry, the science of molecules and the chemical compounds that they form in bulk. Chemistry draws on many fields of physics, particularly quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and electromagnetism. However, chemical phenomena are sufficiently varied and complex that chemistry is usually regarded as a separate discipline.
Below is an overview of the major subfields and concepts in physics, followed by a brief outline of the history of physics and its subfields. A more comprehensive list of physics topics is also available.
Overview of physics
Theories
Main article: Theories of Physics
Central theories
Classical mechanics -- Thermodynamics -- Statistical mechanics -- Electromagnetism -- Special relativity -- General relativity -- Quantum mechanics -- Quantum field theory -- Standard Model -- Fluid mechanics
Concepts
Matter -- Antimatter -- Elementary particle -- Boson -- Fermion
Symmetry -- Motion -- Conservation law -- Mass -- Energy -- Momentum -- Angular momentum -- Spin
Time -- Space -- Dimension -- Spacetime -- Length -- Velocity -- Force -- Torque
Wave -- Wavefunction -- Quantum entanglement -- Harmonic oscillator -- Magnetism -- Electricity -- Electromagnetic radiation -- Temperature -- Entropy -- Physical information
Phase transitions -- Critical phenomena -- Spontaneous symmetry breaking -- Superconductivity -- Superfluidity -- Quantum phase transitions
Fundamental forces
Gravitational -- Electromagnetic -- Weak -- Strong
Particles
Main article: ParticlessAtom -- Proton -- Neutron -- Electron -- Quark -- Photon -- Gluon -- W boson -- Z boson -- Graviton -- Neutrino -- Particle radiation--Phonon--Roton
Subfields of physics
Astrophysics -- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical physics -- Computational physics -- Condensed matter physics -- Cosmology -- Cryogenics -- Fluid dynamics -- Polymer physics -- Optics -- Materials physics -- Nuclear physics -- Plasma physics -- Particle physics (or High Energy Physics) -- Vehicle dynamics
Methods
Scientific method -- Physical quantity -- Measurement -- Measuring instruments -- Dimensional analysis -- Statistics
Tables
List of physical laws -- Physical constants -- SI base units -- SI derived units -- SI prefixes -- Unit conversions
History
History of Physics -- Famous Physicists -- Nobel Prize in physics
A brief history of physics
Note: The following is a cursory overview of the development of physics. For a more detailed history, please refer to the main article on this subject, History of physics.
Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materials have different properties, and so forth. Also a mystery was the character of the universe, such as the form of the Earth and the behavior of celestial objects such as the Sun and the Moon. Several theories were proposed, most of them were wrong. These theories were largely couched in philosophical terms, and never verified by systematic experimental testing. There were exceptions and there are anachronisms: for example, the Greek thinker Archimedes derived many correct quantitative descriptions of mechanics and hydrostatics.
During the late 16th century, Galileo pioneered the use of experiment to validate physical theories, which is the key idea in the scientific method. Galileo formulated and successfully tested several results in dynamics, in particular the Law of Inertia. In 1687, Newton published the Principia Mathematica, detailing two comprehensive and successful physical theories: Newton's laws of motion, from which arise classical mechanics; and Newton's Law of Gravitation, which describes the fundamental force of gravity. Both theories agreed well with experiment. Classical mechanics would be exhaustively extended by Lagrange, Hamilton, and others, who produced new formulations, principles, and results. The Law of Gravitation initiated the field of astrophysics, which describes astronomical phenomena using physical theories.
From the 18th century onwards, thermodynamics was developed by Boyle, Young, and many others. In 1733, Bernoulli used statistical arguments with classical mechanics to derive thermodynamic results, initiating the field of statistical mechanics. In 1798, Thompson demonstrated the conversion of mechanical work into heat, and in 1847 Joule stated the law of conservation of energy, in the form of heat as well as mechanical energy.
The behavior of electricity and magnetism was studied by Faraday, Ohm, and others. In 1855, Maxwell unified the two phenomena into a single theory of electromagnetism, described by Maxwell's equations. A prediction of this theory was that light is an electromagnetic wave.
In 1895, Roentgen discovered X-rays, which turned out to be high-frequency electromagnetic radiation. Radioactivity was discovered in 1896 by Henri Becquerel, and further studied by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie and others. This initiated the field of nuclear physics.
In 1897, Thomson discovered the electron, the elementary particle which carries electrical current in circuits. In 1904, he proposed the first model of the atom, known as the plum pudding model. (The existence of the atom had been proposed in 1808 by Dalton.)
In 1905, Einstein formulated the theory of special relativity, unifying space and time into a single entity, spacetime. Relativity prescribes a different transformation between reference frames than classical mechanics; this necessitated the development of relativistic mechanics as a replacement for classical mechanics. In the regime of low (relative) velocities, the two theories agree. In 1915, Einstein extended special relativity to explain gravity with the general theory of relativity, which replaces Newton's law of gravitation. In the regime of low masses and energies, the two theories agree.
In 1911, Rutherford deduced from scattering experiments the existence of a compact atomic nucleus, with positively charged constituents dubbed protons. Neutrons, the neutral nuclear constituents, were discovered in 1932 by Chadwick.
Beginning in 1900, Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and others developed quantum theories to explain various anomalous experimental results by introducing discrete energy levels. In 1925, Heisenberg and 1926, Schrödinger and Dirac formulated quantum mechanics, which explained the preceding quantum theories. In quantum mechanics, the outcomes of physical measurements are inherently probabilistic; the theory describes the calculation of these probabilities. It successfully describes the behavior of matter at small distance scales.
Quantum mechanics also provided the theoretical tools for condensed matter physics, which studies the physical behavior of solids and liquids, including phenomena such as crystal structures, semiconductivity, and superconductivity. The pioneers of condensed matter physics include Bloch, who created a quantum mechanical description of the behavior of electrons in crystal structures in 1928.
During World War II, research was conducted by each side into nuclear physics, for the purpose of creating a nuclear bomb. The German effort, led by Heisenberg, did not succeed, but the Allied Manhattan Project reached its goal. In America, a team led by Fermi achieved the first man-made nuclear chain reaction in 1942, and in 1945 the world's first nuclear explosive was detonated at Trinity site, near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Quantum field theory was formulated in order to extend quantum mechanics to be consistent with special relativity. It achieved its modern form in the late 1940s with work by Feynman, Schwinger, Tomonaga, and Dyson. They formulated the theory of quantum electrodynamics, which describes the electromagnetic interaction.
Quantum field theory provided the framework for modern particle physics, which studies fundamental forces and elementary particles. In 1954, Yang and Mills developed a class of gauge theories, which provided the framework for the Standard Model. The Standard Model, which was completed in the 1970s, successfully describes almost all elementary particles observed to date.
Future directions
As of 2003, research is progressing on a large number of fields of physics.
In condensed matter physics, the biggest unsolved theoretical problem is the explanation for high-temperature superconductivity. Strong efforts, largely experimental, are being put into making workable spintronics and quantum computers.
In particle physics, the first pieces of experimental evidence for physics beyond the Standard Model have begun to appear. Foremost amongst this are indications that neutrinos have non-zero mass. These experimental results appear to have solved the long-standing solar neutrino problem in solar physics. The physics of massive neutrinos is currently an area of active theoretical and experimental research. In the next several years, particle accelerators will begin probing energy scales in the TeV range, in which experimentalists are hoping to find evidence for the higgs boson and supersymmetric particles.
Theoretical attempts to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity into a single theory of quantum gravity, a program ongoing for over half a century, has yet to bear fruit. The current leading candidates are M-theory and loop quantum gravity.
Many astronomical phenomena have yet to be explained, including the existence of ultra-high energy cosmic rays and the anomalous rotation rates of galaxies. Theories that have been proposed to resolve these problems include doubly-special relativity, modified Newtonian dynamics, and the existence of dark matter. In addition, the cosmological predictions of the last several decades have been contradicted by recent evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
See unsolved problems in physics for a fuller treatment of this subject.
Suggested reading and external links
- Physics book and study guide on Wikibooks site.
- Feynman, The Character of Physical Law, Random House (Modern Library), 1994, hardcover, 192 pages, ISBN 0679601279
- Feynman, Leighton, Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Addison-Wesley 1970, 3 volumes, paperback, ISBN 0201021153, hardcover Commemorative edition, 1989, ISBN 0201500647
- Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, 464 pages, paperback, Vintage Books, 2000, ISBN 0375708111, hardcover, W.W. Norton & Company, 2003, ISBN 0393058581
- Eric Weisstein, Weisstein and Wolfram Research, Inc., and et al, World of Physics. Online Physics encyclopedic dictionary.
- Carl R. Nave, HyperPhysics, . Online crosslinked physics concept maps.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Physics."
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Screenplays | I always just hoped that, that I'd meet some nice friendly girl, like the look of her, hope the look of me didn't make her physically sick, then pop the question and, um, settle down and be happy (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis) Physically, it's not a very demanding job. The only thing that can get a bit trying up here during the winter is, uh, a tremendous sense of isolation (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) I can't compete with you physically, and you're no match for my brains (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) They may be mental giants but physically, by our standards, they must be very primitive (The War of the Worlds; writing credit: Barré Lyndon; H.G. Wells) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Physically challenged children at play. Credit: CDC. |  | By Jove, sir -- forty per cent of the army recruits are physically unfit, due to malnutrition. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Hot Springs federal shelter. One of the five federal camps for homeless men in California. Year ago enrollment three hundred seventy five men, now one hundred fifty seven. Average age fifty; all physically disabled and not capable of manual or project wor. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Miss DuBois Ferguson, who has been judged physically perfect ... / McCullagh. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Emily Dickinson | If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. |
John Ruskin | It is physically impossible for a well-educated, intellectual, or brave man to make money the chief object of his thoughts. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius physically had not the time to get down from the bureau, and go and hide himself under the bed. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The nickel, unlike most money, has actually done a job of work, has been physically responsible for a reaction |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Become more physically active. (references) | |
Stay active"both physically and mentally. (references) | ||
Some sounds are so weak physically that they are not heard. (references) | ||
Business | In recent months U.K. trucks at cross-Channel ports have been damaged and blockaded, drivers have been threatened with violence and physically attacked. (references) | |
With regard to the use of bank accounts in Russia to receive deposits of lease payments that are due, under recent amendments to Central Bank Instruction No. 16, a foreign lessor may open a "T" account in Russia, not being physically present, and receive lease payments in rubles. (references) | ||
Children | Singapore | Informal provisions in education have permitted university matriculation for visually impaired, deaf, and physically disabled students. (references) |
Austria | Federal law mandates access for the physically disabled; however, low fines and insufficient enforcement resulted in the inaccessibility of many public buildings to persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Brazil | However, according to the Association of Physically Handicapped Persons, there are no buses in the city adapted for wheelchairs. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Georgia | In addition Batumi mayor Aslan Smirba physically assaulted Avtandil Gvasalia, the station's commercial director. (references) |
Peru | A few journalists and media outlets reportedly were intimidated physically during the year. (references) | |
Bangladesh | In October 2000, the then-State Minister for Social Welfare Mozammel Hossain (the person in charge of overseeing relief operations in Sathkira district) reportedly actively encouraged ruling party members to attack the press physically by saying "Wherever you will find journalists, break their bones." The next day, a group led by local Awami League leader Nurul Islam ransacked the office of the local daily "Satkhirar Chitro" and assaulted Anisur Rahim, the newspaper's editor, with knives and a revolver; he had to be hospitalized. (references) | |
Economic History | Kazakhstan | The same year another investor alleged forgery and fraud by government officials, claiming its employees had been physically threatened in a management dispute at its ferro-alloy venture in northern Kazakhstan. (references) |
Switzerland | Switzerland has a 524,000-member militia army, but current proposals call for a significant reduction in this number to 220,000. All physically fit male Swiss citizens, aged 20 to 42, must serve. (references) | |
Nepal | In the Terai, a part of the Ganges Basin with 20% of the land, much of the population is physically and culturally similar to the Indo-Aryan people of northern India. (references) | |
Human Rights | Albania | In February the head of the Lezha criminal police division physically abused a 16-year-old girl during questioning. (references) |
France | A judicial investigation into the 1998 death of Mohammed Ali Saoud, who died after police fired rubber bullets at him and physically restrained him, ended with an appeals court dropping the charges against the police officers. (references) | |
South Africa | In the first 7 months of the year, 1,101 inmates died of HIV/AIDS, with the rate of infection among prisoners increasing by 36 percent over the same period in 2000. Prison employees and other prisoners abused prisoners, including physically and sexually assaulting them. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Botswana | They are physically, linguistically, and culturally distinct from the rest of the population. (references) |
Minorities | Bosnia and Herzegovina | On May 28, a Muslim woman walking with her husband and children physically and verbally assaulted a Catholic nun in central Sarajevo. (references) |
Hungary | In March 15 a total of Roma from Zamoly were granted asylum in France; the Roma claimed they were threatened, physically attacked, and that their homes were destroyed. (references) | |
Political Economy | Lithuania | Police at times beat or otherwise physically mistreated detainees and misused detention laws. (references) |
Iran | Paramilitary volunteer forces known as Basijis, and gangs of thugs known as the Ansar-e Hezbollah (Helpers of the Party of God), act as vigilantes, and intimidate and threaten physically demonstrators, journalists, and individuals suspected of counterrevolutionary activities. (references) | |
Tunisia | Members of the security forces tortured and physically abused prisoners and detainees. (references) | |
Political Rights | Mauritius | These fishermen may vote on the main island provided they are registered and physically present on election day. (references) |
Trade | Bahrain | This applies whether such practice is being undertaken in Bahrain or physically elsewhere for a project in Bahrain. (references) |
Portugal | In principle, the export declaration cannot be obtained without a receipt of deposit confirming that the merchandise is physically deposited in a customs area or an export warehouse. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | A woman also may file for a judicial divorce if her husband takes a second wife, if he abandons her, or if he physically abuses her. (references) |
Nicaragua | The Criminal Code provides punishment for sexual abuse and stipulates that any person convicted of physically abusing or raping another person can be sentenced to between 9 months and 4 years in prison. (references) | |
Nepal | Shamans or other local authority figures sometimes publicly beat and physically abuse suspected witches as part of an exorcism ceremony. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Netherlands | A Dutch study of prostitutes from central and eastern Europe shows that five out of six, "liberated" from trafficking organizations in the Netherlands, knew that they were to be employed in the sex industry when they accepted the offer of their recruiters; however, upon their arrival, they often were treated as slaves, physically abused, intimidated, threatened, and locked up. In addition, traffickers withhold money and documentation, and they threatened to have the women deported. (references) |
Haiti | On April 30, in the Central Plateau, FL mayor of Maissade Willot Joseph arrested and physically abused Santilus Odvy, a CATH member who went to the area to conduct a seminar for the union. (references) | |
Colombia | Younger children carry water and package coal, while those age 14 and up engage in more physically demanding labor such as carrying bags of coal. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Barker | Well, obviously, they have to be very attractive physically. They have to look smashing in a swimsuit. And we would like to have them be bright and able to make a refrigerator come alive for you. |
Dennis Miller | Even if it is physically possible to have a baby in your sixties, I don't think it's a good idea, whether you're a man or woman. |
Rod Steiger | Just stay mentally healthy and physically healthy and make sure my son and wife respect me, whether I'm alive or to hear my name today or tomorrow. |
Rosie O'Donnell | I didn't get to go down there. I felt like I would not be able to, you know, be all right. Everyone has to deal with it in the way that they deal with it. For me, I didn't think I would be able to physically see it. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Physically speaking, we can not separate. |
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| "Physically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.30% of the time. "Physically" is used about 1,992 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.3% | 1,978 | 4,342 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.7% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,992 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "physically": physically demanding ♦ physically disabled ♦ physically disabled person ♦ physically disqualified ♦ physically handicapped ♦ physically handicapped person ♦ physically impossible ♦ physically separated facilities. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "physically": physically-associated, physically-based, physically-handicapped, physically-i. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "physically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | فيزيائيا, ماديا, بدنيا. (various references) | |
Chinese | 完全 (Complete, Completeness, Comprehensiveness, CPL, Downright, exclusively, out-and-out, Plenary, totally, utter, Wholly). (various references) | |
Czech | fyzicky. (various references) | |
Danish | fysisk genkendelige træk (physically recognizable features, physically recognizable identity), fysisk genkendelig egenart (physically recognizable features, physically recognizable identity). (various references) | |
Dutch | Regeling Tegemoetkoming onderhoudskosten thuiswonende meervoudig en ernstig lichamelijk gehandicapte kinderen (Regulations governing Contributions towards the Upkeep of Multiply and Severely Physically Disabled Children living at Home), fysieke onderscheidingsmiddelen (physically recognizable features, physically recognizable identity). (various references) | |
Finnish | ruumiillisesti (bodily). (various references) | |
French | physiquement, dimensionnellement. (various references) | |
German | physikalisch (physic, physical). (various references) | |
Greek | σωματικώσ (bodily, somatically), σωματικά (bodily), φυσικώσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | testileg, természettanilag, fizikailag (in flesh), fizikai szempontból. (various references) | |
Indonesian | ilat (physical defect, physically handicapped). (various references) | |
Italian | fisicamente (bodily). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 虚弱児 (physically weak or sickly child), 身障者 (disabled person, physically handicapped person), 身"障害者 (disabled person, physically handicapped person). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きょじゃくじ (physically weak or sickly child), し"たいしょうがいしゃ (disabled person, physically handicapped person), し"しょうしゃ (disabled person, physically handicapped person). (various references) | |
Korean | 육체 으로 (Corporally). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ysicallyphay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sinais de reconhecimento físico (physically recognizable features, physically recognizable identity), deficiente físico (physically handicapped). (various references) | |
Romanian | fiziceşte, din punct de vedere fizic, absolut (absolute, absolutely, arbitrarily, be sure, blank, boundless, broad, categorical, categorically, coercive, complete, completely, dead, downright, emphatic, entire, essential, finished, flat, inalienable, just, perfect, positive, positively, precious, pure, sheer, simple, strict, sure, there's no doubt about it, thorough, thoroughly, total, unequivocal, unfailingly, unlimited, unmistakable, unmistakably, unqualified, unrestricted, utter). (various references) | |
Russian | физически. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | telesno, fizički (physical). (various references) | |
Spanish | físicamente. (various references) | |
Swedish | fysiskt (bodily). (various references) | |
Turkish | fiziksel olarak, bedenen. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фізично. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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Words ending with "physically": astrophysically, geophysically, metaphysically, microphysically, psychophysically. (additional references) | |
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"Physically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phasically, phisically, phsically, phyiscally, physicaly, physsically, physucally. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "physically" (pronounced fi"zikulē or fi"ziklē) |
| 5 | -i k u l ē | chronically, clinically, comically, critically, cynically, diametrically, journalistically, electrically, electronically, empirically, ethically, fanatically, geographically, hermetically, historically, intrinsically, magically, magnetically, majestically, mathematically, methodically, metrically, mineralogically, optimistically, parenthetically, pathetically, periodically, philosophically, politically, pragmatically, ritualistically, romantically, sardonically, scientifically, skeptically, statistically, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, technically, technologically, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, uncritically. |
| 4 | -k u l ē | botanically, broccoli, fiscally, frantically, locally, luckily, unequivocally, vocally. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abysmally, accidentally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clumsily, coincidentally, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, culturally, customarily, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, digitally, dismally, jauntily, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, emotionally, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, loyally, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, mightily, militarily, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, partially, peacefully, perennially, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, pitifully, playfully, potentially, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, royally, ruefully, satisfactorily, scantily, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, tactfully, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uneasily, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 5 | -z i k l ē | musically. |
| 4 | -i k l ē | academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, categorically, characteristically, chronologically, classically, cosmetically, democratically, demographically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, generically, genetically, geometrically, geopolitically, graphically, heroically, hypothetically, hysterically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, linguistically, logically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, numerically, optically, organically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, theologically, tragically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically, volcanically. |
| 3 | -k l ē | alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-l-l-p-s-y-y" | |
-2 letters: physical. | |
-3 letters: alphyls, aphylly, apishly, caliphs, challis, clayish, phallic, sylphic. | |
-4 letters: alphyl, caliph, chally, chills, chilly, lacily, laichs, lilacs, palish, phalli, phasic, phials, phylic, physic, plashy, plical, psylla, scilla, scyphi, sylphy. | |
-5 letters: acyls, aphis, apish, aspic, calls, caphs, chaps, chays, chias, chill, chips, claps, clash, clasp, clays, clips, hails, halls, haply, hills, hilly, hylas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-l-l-p-s-y-y" | |
+1 letter: psychically. | |
+3 letters: geophysically, psychotically, symphonically. | |
+4 letters: hypersonically, hypostatically, metaphysically, psychosocially. | |
+5 letters: astrophysically, microphysically, physiologically, psychedelically, psychiatrically, psychogenically, psychologically, saprophytically, sycophantically, sympathetically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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