physical law

Noun

 * 1) A scientific generalization based upon empirical observation that is part of physics, standing in contrast to chemical law, biological law, sociological law, etc.
 * 2) * 1986, Harry Prosch, Michael Polanyi: A Critical Exposition:
 * The assumption seems to have been made that because mechanisms (and so also organisms) work in accordance with physical and chemical laws, they are wholly explicable as the resultants of the operation of these laws.
 * 1) * 2005, Robert Inkpen, Science, Philosophy and Physical Geography:
 * No organism can behave in a manner that would break or contradict physical and chemical laws.
 * 1) * 2014, Colin Pearson, Conservation of Marine Archaeological Objects:
 * The unifying features are the saltwater itself and the fact that the variations are controlled by universal chemical, physical and biological laws.
 * 1) A universal statement about the operation of nature, based on empirical observations of physical behavior, tested using the scientific method.

Translations

 * Czech: fyzikální zákon


 * Czech: přírodní zákon
 * Finnish: fysiikan laki,
 * German:, physikalisches Gesetz
 * Romanian: lege fizică
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ley de la naturaleza, leyes naturales, ley científica
 * Swedish: