{
    "term": "physics",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the scientific study of matter and energy and the relationships between them, including the study of forces, heat, light, sound, electricity and the structure of atoms",
            "sensetop": "physics of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a degree in physics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**quantum/theoretical physics**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **laws of physics**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the physics laboratory/department"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **physics professor/teacher**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to study the physics of the electron",
                    "contextForm": "physics of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Einstein restructured modern physics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the frontiers of fundamental physics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the undergraduate physics curriculum"
                },
                {
                    "text": "university physics departments"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Physics and chemistry", "Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["classical", "Newtonian", "modern"],
                "phrases": ["the laws of physics"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɪzɪks/",
                "audio": "ph/physics/physics__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɪzɪks/",
                "audio": "ph/physics/physics__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (denoting natural science in general, especially the Aristotelian system): plural of obsolete physic ‘physical (thing)’, suggested by Latin physica, Greek phusika ‘natural things’ from phusis ‘nature’."
}