\Phys"ic*al\, a.
1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Perceptible through a bodily or material organization;
   cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical,
   opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.

4. 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.