PHYSICAL ENTITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does physical entity mean? 

• PHYSICAL ENTITY (noun)
  The noun PHYSICAL ENTITY has 1 sense:

1. an entity that has physical existence

  Familiarity information: PHYSICAL ENTITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSICAL ENTITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An entity that has physical existence

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Hypernyms ("physical entity" is a kind of...):

entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "physical entity"):

thing (a separate and self-contained entity)

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)

matter (that which has mass and occupies space)

physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)

substance (material of a particular kind or constitution)

 Context examples 

A physical entity which is the primary unit of interest in a specific research objective.

(Experimental Unit, NCI Thesaurus)