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nonphysical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English physical English nonphysical From non- + physical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not physical; not using kinetic energy.
  2. (not-comparable) Not having physical form; immaterial; insubstantial.

Forms

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non-physical alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

nonphysicality · nonphysically · nonphysicalness