noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a branch of mathematics/physics/biology etc
a history/physics/maths etc lesson
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I've got a history lesson this afternoon.
nuclear physics
particle physics
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
atomic
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There is a complementarity between life and atomic physics .
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Scientists were deeply split on the uses to which the discoveries of atomic physics were being put.
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In atomic physics they are represented as Proton, Neutron, Electron, the three elements of all structure throughout nature.
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He held a chair in physics from 1937 until his retirement publishing more than 150 papers on atomic and nuclear physics.
classical
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Deterministic laws of atomic arrangements in the triumphant years of classical physics seemed to lie behind the phenomena of life.
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This is what classical physics has taught us about the nature of physical reality.
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Quantum mechanical states, however, differ in two important respects from those of classical physics .
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Computability in classical physics: where do we stand?
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Our macroscopic world is precise; it is the domain of classical Newtonian physics .
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Problems with classical theory How do we know that classical physics is not actually true of our world?
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Other western sciences exclude difficult aspects of subjectivity from their portraits of themselves, as in classical physics .
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Too negligible to have practical effect in classical physics , it adds up over trillions of years.
experimental
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Chemistry was parexcellence the laboratory science of the earlier nineteenth century, but experimental physics and physiology needed similar facilities.
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Fukushima describes the relationship between modeling neural networks and neurophysiology as one resembling that between theoretical physics and experimental physics.
high
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He identified pharmacy, high energy physics and architecture as being over-represented in the universities.
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Mr Horton, my high school physics teacher, has told me much the same thing.
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In certain areas of higher education - physics and engineering, for example - they make up a tiny proportion of students.
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Her basic theory is one we recognize from high school physics: For every action, there is a reaction.
modern
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In older cultures all changes are seen as relative - as in the thinking of modern physics .
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Such people often see their lives more effectively framed by the reality metaphors that modern quantum physics and chaos theory provide.
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A minority of students took a more thoughtful view of modern physics however.
new
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Just think, you could equip a whole new physics laboratory.
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You have been doubtful about all of this new physics , Watson.
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In the meantime, the study of these collisions is certainly revealing much new and interesting physics .
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I was welcomed as the new physics teacher, although I had expressly stated that I was primarily a mathematics teacher.
newtonian
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Our macroscopic world is precise; it is the domain of classical Newtonian physics .
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Yet another Establishment arose, this time constituted of the practitioners and defenders of Newtonian physics .
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It was Newtonian physics again; for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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The hard core of Newtonian physics is comprised of Newton's laws of motion plus his law of gravitational attraction.
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In its curriculum the school concentrated on mathematics and science; there were courses in algebra, geometry and Newtonian physics .
nuclear
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It's a subject whose passion for diagrams and abbreviations and formulae can give nuclear physics a run for its money.
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Tom, this ain't nuclear physics !
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New textbooks on nuclear and particle physics are thin on the ground.
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The application of nuclear and radiation physics sees a steady increase in the number of titles.
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Thermoluminescence dating and environmental radiation monitoring is also pursued within the nuclear physics group.
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Like Nicu she studied nuclear physics , but unlike Valentin, she was never considered suitable for study abroad.
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He says Harwell has now expanded from dealing solely with the field of nuclear physics .
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The other simple analogy is to the chain reaction of nuclear physics .
theoretical
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In theoretical physics , the search for logical self-consistency has always been more important in making advances than experimental results.
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Fukushima describes the relationship between modeling neural networks and neurophysiology as one resembling that between theoretical physics and experimental physics.
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They are predicted by theoretical physics , and there is good experimental evidence in favour of their existence.
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So maybe the end is in sight for theoretical physicists, if not for theoretical physics .
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Doing theoretical physics is usually a two-step process.
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I felt that there were two possible areas of theoretical physics that were fundamental and in which I might do research.
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Feynman, who died in 1988, is remembered for his many contributions to theoretical physics .
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The ideal candidate will hold a good degree in theoretical physics or physical chemistry and have strong mathematical and computing skills.
■ NOUN
department
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The work on producing the polarised atoms is being carried out by William Happer in the physics department at Princeton.
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Just transferred to the medical physics department .
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A given physics department may have money from all three of these, as well as the general physics pool.
particle
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The particle physics is cutting-edge.
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The explanations were so arcane I would have made more headway with a textbook on particle physics .
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Recent developments in particle physics suggest that every nucleon may itself have a nucleus.
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New textbooks on nuclear and particle physics are thin on the ground.
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Such calculations also provide an insight into particle physics .
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Members of three such generations have been discovered; until recently there was no evidence from particle physics to rule out more.
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But the model isn't from magic but particle physics .
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In an attempt to get data from this natural laboratory, particle physics has become ever more entwined with cosmology.
professor
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Three days after the wedding, Gardner, the physics professor , joined the merchant marines and was never seen again.
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Then I saw that Phagu was not a physics professor at all but a painting I had seen somewhere.
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So what happened when the daughter of Applejack and the son of the physics professor met?
quantum
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Microchips aid quantum physics Technology from the semiconductor industry has allowed an experiment in fundamental physics previously possible only in theory.
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Such people often see their lives more effectively framed by the reality metaphors that modern quantum physics and chaos theory provide.
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Tried to explain the real implications of quantum physics as we crossed Kensington Road.
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This is because, in the wacky world of quantum physics , light is wavy as well as particulate.
student
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I think chemistry and physics students are quite a good thing to be at the moment.
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Or, following Chernobyl, for physics students not to develop a sensitivity to the biological and environmental dimensions of their studies.
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Many physics students , and almost all physical science students, had an instrumental attitude towards their degree courses.
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However, this was far less significant for physics students than it was for the physical science and materials students.
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Only one of the physics students , had, for example, considered taking a degree in chemistry.
teacher
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I was welcomed as the new physics teacher , although I had expressly stated that I was primarily a mathematics teacher.
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Mr Horton, my high school physics teacher , has told me much the same thing.
■ VERB
study
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Jack said he had no wish to study physics and chemistry.
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He went to the University of Chicago to study the physics of electricity.
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Like Nicu she studied nuclear physics , but unlike Valentin, she was never considered suitable for study abroad.
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At 18, he joined the Navy, which sent him to the University of Michigan to study engineering and physics .
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It is precisely this need to conform that causes tensions and difficulties for women studying physics .
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He is studying physics under me.
teach
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I could see Phagu standing at a blackboard teaching particle physics .
understand
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In the past, Livermore scientists studied those mini-explosions to better understand the physics of nuclear weapons blasts.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
applied science/physics/linguistics etc
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If applied linguistics is left exclusively to an elite band of researchers, then the whole object of the exercise disappears.
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Introduction to nonlinear problems with emphasis on practical modelling, illustrative examples from pure and applied science, and use of computers.
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Since then, there has been a steady output of research within this branch of applied linguistics.
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Supported by four applied science courses covering the biology, entomology and pathology of seeds, and plant breeding.
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There is a very pervasive belief that it is research in theoretical and applied linguistics which provides the solutions.
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These four key elements are well developed and widely shared within the research communities of every natural and applied science.
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These will include basic skills as well as specialised competences in areas of applied physics.
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Why are engineering, medicine and agriculture not all grouped together as applied sciences?
the frontiers of knowledge/physics etc
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Use concepts across the frontiers of knowledge.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Chemistry and physics books revealed the same patterns.
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Deterministic laws of atomic arrangements in the triumphant years of classical physics seemed to lie behind the phenomena of life.
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Home-schooled by his parents until age sixteen, Tsiolkovskii read voraciously and developed a lifelong fascination with mathematics and physics .
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I would probably think of that as physics , in a complex way.
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In either case, the chemistry and physics of the products are very similar.
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Jones explores each in turn, calling on other metaphors to illustrate his points, but never strays far from mainstream physics .
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She is redoing her A-levels in chemistry, physics and biology in the sixth form of a London girls' school.
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The poetry of physics has become the stuff of novels.