Physical laws (Topical Term)
- Laws, Physical
- Broader heading: Physical sciences
Work cat.: The second law of thermodynamics, 1976.
McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms, 2003: p. 1591 ("physical law -- (phys[ics]) -- a property of a physical phenomenon, or a relationship between the various quantities or qualities which may be used to describe the phenomenon, that applies to all members of a broad class of such phenomena, without exception")
Academic press dictionary of science and technology, 1992: p. 1642 ("physical law -- physics -- any law in physics that describes specific phenomena and applies to all cases in which these phenomena occur, such as the law of conservation of momentum in mechanics")
Chambers dictionary of science and technology, 1999