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protophysics

protophysics noun: the early study of physics, before it became a rigorous established discipline.

Noun

protophysics (uncountable)

  1. The early study of physics, before it became a rigorous established discipline.

Origin of protophysics

From proto- + physics.

Questions about protophysics

What does protophysics mean?
Protophysics means the early study of physics, before it became a rigorous established discipline.
What part of speech is protophysics?
Protophysics is a noun.

Words near protophysics in the dictionary

  1. protophylline
  2. protophylls
  3. protophysical
  4. protophysicist
  5. protophysicists
  6. protophysics
  7. protophyte
  8. protophytes
  9. protophytic
  10. protophytology
  11. protopilgrimage

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