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physical

1. of or concerned with matter and energy
2. of or relating to physics
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physical

(jargon)
The opposite of logical in its jargon sense. Compare real, virtual, and transparent.

It is said that what you can touch and see is real; what you can see but not touch is virtual; what you can touch but not see is transparent; and what you can neither touch nor see is probably imaginary.
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Physically, he guaranteed all that Daylight knew of him.
RAWALPINDI -- A fake faith healer allegedly involved in physically and sexually abusing women under the guise of 'exorcisms' has been arrested, police said.
He 'regretted the tendency of the public to ridicule the physically challenged,' observing that 'disability does not mean inability.'
'The disability bill is geared towards protecting the rights of physically challenged persons in the state and to give them more opportunities like other persons,' she said.
'While it appears most Malaysian parents are comfortable with physically disciplining their children at home, they have split opinions as to whether this should be carried out by schools,' Gammon reportedly said.
Foden was said to be "physically spent" after the U-21s' opening game against France in Italy on Tuesday night, and he will have to prove more physically battlehardened to make the step up.
Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva has visited the republican special boarding schools No 4 in Shuvalan settlement, and No 3 in Nizami district, Baku, for physically disabled children, and deprived of parental care.
The findings are based on an analysis of the proportion of people in each area that are physically active, eat their five a day, and less likely to be overweight.
KARACHI -- Ian Martin, the ECB official has expressed his satisfaction over the preparations by India's physically challenged cricketers to play the forthcoming World Cup scheduled to be played in England in August this year.
Father of the victim said the teacher Raheela Firdous physically assaulted his daughter due to which her right hand thumb was badly fractured, reported private news channel.
ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction on the provincial governments' performance to redress grievances of the physically challenged persons in regard to their employment and other privileges.