All 9 Uses
physics
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October Sky
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- "A physics book, I suppose," he said stiffly.†
Chpt 5 *physics = the science of matter and energy
- Although he hadn't found a rocket book, Quentin had finally found the physics book he'd read in the library in Welch that defined Newton's third law of action and reaction.†
Chpt 6
- Quentin and Sherman and I had discussed it after Miss Riley had begun to teach us a little Newtonian physics.†
Chpt 21
- Still, she seemed to be having a wonderful time our senior year teaching us physics, using her tiny salary to buy things to demonstrate her lesson of the day: Boyle's Law (a balloon), Archimedes's Principle (flat iron and wooden toy boat), centripetal and centrifugal forces (a yo-yo).†
Chpt 22
- In physics class that day, I tried not to stare at Miss Riley, but I couldn't help it, and she caught me at it more than once.†
Chpt 23
- Miss Riley's physics class.†
Chpt 23
- On the night before I was to leave for Indianapolis, Quentin spent the night at my house, not letting me sleep, drilling me incessantly on the details of the trigonometry, calculus, physics, chemistry, and differential equations we used for our rocket designs.†
Chpt 25
- I still had the pictures of all the rocket boys, Miss Riley and the physics class, the machine shop, Mr. Bykovski, Mr. Ferro, Mr. Caton and all the machinists, the mine tipple, my house, the basement lab with Daisy Mae perched on the washing machine, all there along with my pages of nozzle calculations and my autographed photo of von Braun.†
Chpt 25
- Even now, Coalwood endures, and no one, nor careless industry or overzealous government, can ever completely destroy it—not while we who once lived there may recall our life among its places, or especially remember rockets that once leapt into the air, propelled not by physics but by the vibrant love of an honorable people, and the instruction of a dear teacher, and the dreams of boys.†
Chpt Epil.
Definitions:
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(1)
(physics) the science of matter and energy and their interactions
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) During Shakespeare's time, physics could refer to alleviating pain or illness. As a noun, physics could refer to medications--especially laxatives.