Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - physical

 I. adjective  Etymology: Middle English phisicale medical, from Medieval Latin ~is, from Latin physica  Date: 1580  1.  a. of or relating to natural science  b.  (1) of or relating to physics  (2) characterized or produced by the forces and operations of physics  2.  a. having material existence ; perceptible especially through the senses and subject to the laws of nature everything ~ is measurable by weight, motion, and resistance — Thomas De Quincey  b. of or relating to material things labor, in the ~ world, is…employed in putting objects in motion — J. S. Mill  3.  a. of or relating to the body ~ abuse  b.  (1) concerned or preoccupied with the body and its needs ; carnal ~ appetites  (2) sexual a ~ love affair ~ attraction  c. characterized by especially rugged and forceful ~ activity ; rough a ~ hockey game a ~ player  Synonyms: see material  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun  II. noun  Date: 1934 ~ examination