Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Physical \Phys"ic*al\, a.
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Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material things, or to the bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the physical part of man.
Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in putting objects in motion.
--J. S. Mill.A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force.
--Macaulay. Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy; treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws. ``Physical philosophy.''
--Pope.Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
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Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative. [Obs.] ``Physical herbs.''
--Sir T. North.Is Brutus sick? and is it physical To walk unbraced, and suck up the humors Of the dank morning?
--Shak.Physical astronomy, that part of astronomy which treats of the causes of the celestial motions; specifically, that which treats of the motions resulting from universal gravitation.
Physical education, training of the bodily organs and powers with a view to the promotion of health and vigor.
Physical examination (Med.), an examination of the bodily condition of a person.
Physical geography. See under Geography.
Physical point, an indefinitely small portion of matter; a point conceived as being without extension, yet having physical properties, as weight, inertia, momentum, etc.; a material point.
Physical signs (Med.), the objective signs of the bodily state afforded by a physical examination.
Wiktionary
n. An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.
WordNet
n. training in the development of and care for the human body; stresses athletics; includes hygiene
Wikipedia
Physical education, Phy. Ed., or PE, also known in many Commonwealth countries as physical training or PT, is an educational course related to the physique of the human body. It is taken during primary and secondary education and encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting to promote health.
"Physical Education" is the 17th episode of the first season of the American comedy television series Community. It aired in the United States on NBC on March 4, 2010.
Usage examples of "physical education".
Women who in their early years have shared in the healthful physical education and bodily freedom of their brothers, and who obtain a sufficiency of pure air and exercise in after-life, very rarely have any excessive susceptibility of nerves which can disqualify them for active pursuits.
He taught physical education at the grade school her two sons attended.
He sold his physical education abilities to the best prep school that would promise to take his son when his son was old enough to go.
I only broke the punishment cycle by bribing a university physical education teacher to give me lessons in unarmed combat.