All 9 Uses
physics
in
Anna and the French Kiss
(Edited)
- Senior English, calculus, beginning French, physics, European history, and something dubiously called "La Vie."
p. 31.4physics = the science of matter and energy
- Despite myself, I describe St. Clair, and mention how in physics he leaned over Meredith to borrow a pen from me, right when Professeur Wakefield was assigning lab partners.
p. 46.2
- Like last week in physics when Amanda called me la moufette in a nasty way and held her nose as I walked by her desk, St. Clair told her to "bugger off" and threw tiny wads of paper into her hair for the rest of class.
p. 94.1
- "Physics project," he cuts in, glaring at Dave's hand.
p. 124.8
- With the physics thing.
p. 125.4
- I love sitting beside him in physics.
p. 259.5 *physics = a class that teaches the science of matter and energy and their interactions
- We're headed in the opposite direction from him, toward physics.
p. 289.2physics = the science of matter and energy
- In physics, I'm grateful we don't have a lab, because I can't bear the thought of St. Clair finding a new partner.
p. 328.1
- We weren't physics partners by accident.
p. 363.5
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.