English-Finnish translations for physics

• fysiikka
  Tässä pätee fysiikka eikä oikeus. What counts here is physics and not the law.
  Nyt minulta petti fysiikka!

Definition of physics

• The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy
• The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those studied scientifically

Examples

• Newtonian physics was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.
• The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.

Related words

• metaphysics
• geophysics
• astrophysics
• pataphysics
• biophysics
• microphysics
• macrophysics
• psychophysics
• radiophysics