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Physics

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.

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Acoustics 76% connected

The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.

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Aeronautics 76% connected

The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning.

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Astronomy 76% connected

Astrology.

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Crystallography 76% connected

The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation.

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Electrostatics 76% connected

That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.

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Mechanics 76% connected

That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.

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Optics 76% connected

That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, an…

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Thermodynamics 76% connected

The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

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Uranology 76% connected

A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.

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