physis
/fahy-sis/US // ˈfaɪ sɪs //
物理学,物理,物理学家,物理学原理
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural phy·ses [fahy-seez]. /ˈfaɪ siz/.
- : the principle of growth or change in nature.
- : nature as the source of growth or change.
- : something that grows, becomes, or develops.
Examples
Another—It is all physiological units: but his reason asks—What is the “physis,” the nature and innate tendency of the units?
Another: It is all physiological units; but his reason asks: What is the “physis,” the nature and “innate tendency” of the units?
Phlegmatos d' ouden epoisen h physis organon kathartikon, hoti psychron kai hygron esti kai hoion hmipeptos tis troph.
Founded by the philosophers upon nature (physis) it was physical.
Greatest, said Galen, is the Physis, and Hippocrates is its prophet.
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