Word Meanings - PHYSICOLOGY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Physics. -- Phys`i*col"o*gist, n.

PHYSICS
The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat,
METAPHYSICS
first used by the followers of Aristotle as a name for that part of his writings which came after, or followed, the part which treated of 1. The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with
PSYCHOPHYSICS
The science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body
ASTROPHYSICS
The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc. Its observations are made with the spectroscope, bolometer, etc., usually in connection with