Physical

Physical may refer to:

Biology and medicine

• Human body, the physical structure of a human
• Physical education, a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting
• Physical examination, a regular overall check-up with a doctor
• Physical exercise, any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness
• Physical fitness, a state of health and well-being, and a task-oriented definition based on the ability to perform specific aspects of sports or occupations
• Physical therapy, a health care profession

Physical sciences

• Physical body, in physics and philosophy
• 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
• Physical cosmology, a branch of astronomy, is the study of the largest-scale structures and dynamics of the universe and is concerned with fundamental questions about its formation and evolution
• Physical property, any aspect of an object or substance that can be measured or perceived without changing its identity
• Physical Review, an American scientific journal founded in 1893 that publishes original research and scientific and literature reviews on all aspects of physics
• Physical Review Letters, a peer reviewed, scientific journal that is published 52 times per year by the American Physical Society

Music

• Physical (album), a 1981 album by Olivia Newton-John
  • "Physical" (Olivia Newton-John song), 1981
• "Physical" (Alcazar song), 2004
• "Physical" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2014
• "Physical" (Dua Lipa song), 2020
• "Physical (You're So)", a 1980 song by Adam & the Ants, the B side to Dog Eat Dog

Other uses

• Physical abuse, abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Physical