| NOUN | attribute | physical property | any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions |
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| Meaning | Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions. | |
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| Narrower | absorptivity, absorption factor | (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body |
| deflection, deflexion, bending | The property of being bent or deflected | |
| dissolubility, solubleness | The property of being dissoluble | |
| drippiness | The physical property of being soft and drippy | |
| elasticity, snap | The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed | |
| fugacity | The tendency of a gas to expand or escape | |
| heat content, total heat, enthalpy, H | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure | |
| imperceptibility | The property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses | |
| inaudibility, inaudibleness | The quality of not being perceptible by the ear | |
| inelasticity | The lack of elasticity | |
| invisibility, invisibleness | The quality of not being perceivable by the eye | |
| length | The linear extent in space from one end to the other | |
| luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light | The quality of being luminous | |
| magnetization, magnetisation | The physical property of being magnetic | |
| malleability, plasticity | The property of being physically malleable | |
| mass | The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field | |
| momentum | The product of a body's mass and its velocity | |
| perceptibility | The property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses | |
| randomness, entropy, S | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work | |
| reflection, reflexion, reflectivity | The ability to reflect beams or rays | |
| reluctivity | (physics) the resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in it | |
| sensitivity, sensitiveness | The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences | |
| temperature | The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment / environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) | |
| unmalleability | A lack of malleability | |
| weight | The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity | |
| Broader | property | A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class |
| Spanish | propiedad física | |
| Catalan | propietat física | |
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