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# physical

adjective (physical); noun (a physical — US, a medical check)

«physical» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Physical means about the body, not the mind: physical exercise, physical pain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#m1)
2. Real and solid, things you can touch and see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#m2)
3. About physics or nature: a physical change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#m3)
4. (US noun) A physical is a check-up of your body by a doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used at school in "physical education" (PE). In science: a physical change (melting ice) can be undone and makes no new substance, unlike a chemical change. In geography: physical features like mountains and rivers. Phrases: "physical activity", "physical contact".

### Examples

- PE stands for physical education. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#x1)
- Running is good physical exercise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#x2)
- Melting ice is a physical change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#x3)
- Rivers and mountains are physical features on a map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#x4)
- Rugby is a very physical sport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#x5)
- A book is a physical object, but an e-book is not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#x6)
- I had a physical before joining the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#x7)
- The Giants personified brute strength alone, but the Titans united to their great physical power intellectual qualifications variously developed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/#x8)

### Note

Pronounced "FIZ-ick-al". Opposite ideas: mental, emotional (about the mind); chemical (in science). Do not confuse "physical" with "physics" (the science) or "psychical".

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it describes the body and the material world, as opposed to the spirit.

**Interpretation.** The book teaches that the same letters make the world, the year and the human body, so physical things mirror spiritual ones.

### Examples

- And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/physical/#x1)
- On this point endless dis- cussions arose; and it has even been disputed whether they are designed to express theological, philosophical, or physical mysteries. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/physical/#x2)

### Note

Pronounced "FIZ-ick-al". Opposite ideas: mental, emotional (about the mind); chemical (in science). Do not confuse "physical" with "physics" (the science) or "psychical".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «physical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «physical» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/physical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«physical» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/physical.html) on Mova free.