physicsy

English

Etymology

From physics +‎ -y.

Adjective

physicsy (comparative more physicsy, superlative most physicsy)

  1. (informal) Like or involving physics.
    • 2003 November 24, nif, “A bit of physicsy-math about group velocity, if anyone's bored and willing to help”, in alt.uk.a-levels (Usenet):
      A bit of physicsy-math about group velocity, if anyone's bored and willing to help
    • 2009, James Kakalios, The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition, Penguin, →ISBN:
      It is now time for us to delve into the world of atoms. Things will get physicsy here for a few pages, but bear with me. We'll get back to comic books soon enough, ...
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Gauss's law”, in web.chem.ox.ac.uk‎[1]:
      This is rather a physicsy example, but it is of some importance in chemical systems, for example a charged polyelectrolyte (polymer) is modelled like this.
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