PHYSICO-MATHEMATICS
Phys`i*co-math`e*mat"ics, n. Etym: [Physico- + mathematics.]
Defn: Mixed mathematics.
PHYSICO-PHILOSOPHY
Phys`i*co-phi*los"o*phy, n. Etym: [Physico- + philosophy.]
Defn: The philosophy of nature.
PHYSICO-THEOLOGY
Phys`i*co-the*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Physico- + theology.]
Defn: Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.
PHYSICS
Phys"ics, n. Etym: [See Physic.]
Defn: The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.
Note: Chemistry, though a branch of general physics, is commonly treated as a science by itself, and the application of physical principles which it involves constitute a branch called chemical physics, which treats more especially of those physical properties of matter which are used by chemists in defining and distinguishing substances.
PHYSIOCRAT
Phys"i*o*crat, n. Etym: [Gr.