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physical object

ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈɑbʤɛkt
WordNet
Tablet with title. Below some medical or physical objects.
Tablet with title. Below some medical or physical objects.
  1. (n) physical object
    a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
Illustrations
Representation of objects for physics research, provided with numbers and letters. Print marked top center: Tom. II.5me Leçon. Pl. 2.
Representation of objects for physics research, provided with numbers and letters. Print marked top center: Tom. II.5me Leçon. Pl. 2.
Representation of objects used in physics research, provided with numbers. Print marked top center: Tom. I.2 the Leçon. Pl. 2.
Representation of objects used in physics research, provided with numbers. Print marked top center: Tom. I.2 the Leçon. Pl. 2.
Usage in the news

You must move the ball to the star by using (virtual) crayons to draw the physical objects that make it possible to transport the ball to its goal. msnbc.msn.com

Human object recognition in a physical 3-d environment is still far superior to that of any robotic vision system. aaai.org

Consequently, Aguirre is working on a virtual holographic solution that could improve reading accuracy and efficiency by allowing physicians to see and interact with tissue in space as if it were a real physical object. diagnosticimaging.com

The film "made plaintiffs the object of ridicule, humiliation , mental anguish and emotional and physical distress, loss of reputation, goodwill and standing in the community," the lawsuit said. usatoday.com

Idolatry is the worship of a physical object, anything that comes before God. times-herald.com

One of Gell-Mann's most notable discoveries in elementary particle physics is that the particles constituting the atomic nucleus -- protons and neutrons -- are themselves composed of still smaller objects, which he named quarks . nytimes.com

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-- Geomagic, a provider of 3-D software for capturing, creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects, has completed an acquisition of Sensable Technology Inc.'s 3-D design and haptics businesses. qualitymag.com

The symmetries that offered the way out of the problems of elementary particle physics in the 1950s were not the symmetries of objects, not even objects as important as atoms, but the symmetries of laws. nybooks.com

However, astronomers are not convinced the equinoxes produce physical effects on Earth-bound objects. pcmag.com

And, as About.com notes, astronomers attest that equinoxes and planetary alignments have no "physical effect on earthly objects.". latimes.com

Microsoft IllumiShare Lets You Play Remotely With Physical Objects. popsci.com

In an age where we do so much of our reading online, the Read/Write Library is a fine tribute to the book as physical object, the physical object as text, and texts as products of their physical environment. chicagoreader.com

While arresting a female subject who had been involved in a physical fight, a crowd surrounded police officers and threw objects at them, according to a press release. times-standard.com

Lincoln Memorial Garden welcomes Dr John Martin from the University of Illinois at Springfield's Astronomy and Physics program who will talk about the amazing objects that can be seen overhead at night. illinoistimes.com

Fast, simple, objective evaluation of physical properties. feedandgrain.com

Usage in scientific papers

In quantum gravity, as we shal l see, the space-time manifold ceases to exist as an objective physical reality; geometry becomes relational and contextual; and the foundational conceptual categories of prior science – among them, existence itself – become problematized and relativized.
Generalization Of Lorentz-Poincare Ether Theory To Quantum Gravity

Ib´a˜nez, J. M., in Chinea, F. J., and Gonz´alez-Romero, L. M., eds., Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 423, Rotating objects and relativistic physics, 149, (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1993).
Numerical hydrodynamics in general relativity

The Physics of Compact Objects, (Wiley–Interscience, New York, 1983).
Binary and Millisecond Pulsars at the New Millennium

From a physical point of view, the limiting objects (which everyone agrees are NOT planets) differ in two different ways from planets near those limits.
Planetesimals To Brown Dwarfs: What is a Planet?

Of the above future neutrino physics goals, the search for and study of CP violation is of primary importance and should be our main objective for several reasons which we briefly outline.
Report of the US long baseline neutrino experiment study

Usage in literature

I find that the late Mr. G. H. Lewes has insisted on this objection in his 'Physical Basis of Mind. "Evolution, Old & New" by Samuel Butler

But once prove that the human will is a physical energy, and this objection is readily disposed of. "The Problems of Psychical Research" by Hereward Carrington

In physical culture the object is the symmetrical development of all the muscles, not one at the expense of the other. "The Woman Beautiful" by Helen Follett Stevans

The physical instructor of Pinewood Hall had an object in putting her girls against a two-mile skate. "A Little Miss Nobody" by Amy Bell Marlowe

A tree is a physical object. "Christianity As A Mystical Fact" by Rudolf Steiner

He comes back to it as to a physical object in space. "The Approach to Philosophy" by Ralph Barton Perry

The physical setting of duty is defined by material objects close at hand. "The Armed Forces Officer" by U. S. Department of Defense

Strangely enough, the physical objections to the theory of fluidity appear to have been entirely overlooked. "Myths and Marvels of Astronomy" by Richard A. Proctor

All the objects in the world are Divine ideas expressed in physical matter. "Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries" by Annie Besant

Had these men sought wealth as a means of satisfying their physical needs their object would have been attained. "The American Empire" by Scott Nearing