From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishphysical scienceˌphysical ˈscience noun [uncountable] (also the physical sciences) [plural] Hthe sciences, for example chemistry and physics, that are concerned with studying things that are not living
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physical science• Physics and physical science students had a strong sense of the hierarchy of different disciplines.• Very few physical science students stressed the intellectual enjoyment of the degree course.• It is on this same basis that physical science pursues, with ever-increasing success, its quest of laws of nature. 