physical meaning
EN
[ˈfɪzɪkəl] 
US WPhysical
- Physical may refer to:
- Body (disambiguation), the physical structure of an organism
- Human body, the physical structure of a human
- Physical abuse, abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm
- Physical body, in physics, psychology, philosophy, mysticism and religion
- Physical change, any change in matter not involving a change in the substance's chemical properties
- Physical chemistry, the study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts
- NounPLphysicalsPREphysi-SUF-ical
- Physical examination.
- How long has it been since your last physical?
- Physical examination.
- AdjectiveCOMmore physicalSUPmost physical
- Having to do with the body.
- Are you feeling any physical effects?
- Having to do with the material world.
- Involving bodily force.
- This team plays a very physical game, so watch out.
- Having to do with physics.
- Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
- (computing) Not virtual; directly corresponding to hardware operation.
- OBS Relating to physic, or medicine; medicinal; curative; also, cathartic; purgative.
- Having to do with the body.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- From the customer’s view, a data center is an integrated system offering services to users; however, data centers are a combination of a great number of physical machines serving integratedly.
- Another matter we noticed was the large number of "cage" beds for the troublesome and noctambulant patients—camisoles and other physical restraints were rarely used.
- Our physical advantage allowed us to wear the other team out and win.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of physical in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en physically
- en physicals
- en physicality
- en physicalism
- en physicalize
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "physical" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.