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physis

/fahy-sis/US // ˈfaɪ sɪs //

物理学,物理,物理学家,物理学原理

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural phy·ses [fahy-seez]. /ˈfaɪ siz/.

    • : the principle of growth or change in nature.
    • : nature as the source of growth or change.
    • : something that grows, becomes, or develops.

Examples

  • Another—It is all physiological units: but his reason asks—What is the “physis,” the nature and innate tendency of the units?

  • Another: It is all physiological units; but his reason asks: What is the “physis,” the nature and “innate tendency” of the units?

  • Phlegmatos d' ouden epoisen h physis organon kathartikon, hoti psychron kai hygron esti kai hoion hmipeptos tis troph.

  • Founded by the philosophers upon nature (physis) it was physical.

  • Greatest, said Galen, is the Physis, and Hippocrates is its prophet.