PHYSICAL

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English phisicale medical, from Medieval Latin ~is, from Latin physica Date: 1580 1. of or relating to natural science, b. of or relating to physics, characterized or produced by the forces and operations of physics, 2. having material existence ; perceptible especially through the senses and subject to the laws of nature , of or relating to material things , 3. of or relating to the body , b. concerned or preoccupied with the body and its needs ; carnal , sexual , characterized by especially rugged and forceful ~ activity ; rough , see: material ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1934 ~ examination