How to pronounce physics
American English pronunciation
FIZ-iks
- IPA
- /ˈfɪzɪks/
- Syllables
- FIZ · iks (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What physics means
The science of energy, forces and how things move
In a sentence: In physics class, we dropped two balls to see which one would land first.
Where it comes from: It goes back through Latin to a Greek word for nature. English has used it since the 1580s.
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