physical
adjective
[ ˈfɪzɪk(ə)l ]
• relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
• "a range of physical and mental challenges"
• relating to things perceived through the senses as opposed to the mind; tangible or concrete.
• "the physical world"
• relating to physics or the operation of natural forces generally.
• "physical laws"
physical
noun
• a medical examination to determine a person's bodily fitness.
• "at fifty-something, each year's physical was a kind of lottery"
• stocks held in actual commodities for immediate exchange, for example as opposed to futures.
• "the exchange of futures for physicals"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to medicine’): from medieval Latin physicalis, from Latin physica ‘things relating to nature’ (see physic). Sense 2 dates from the late 16th century and sense 1 from the late 18th century.
