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Definition: Biophysics |
BiophysicsNoun1. Physics as applied to biological problems. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | The science of physical phenomena and processes in living organisms. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Biophysics (also biological physics) is an interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. Many of the research traditions in biophysics were initiated by scientists who were doctoral level physicists, although many of the scientists who call themselves biophysicists today were not. Biophysicists work in the areas of physiology, neuroscience, biochemistry and molecular biology.
Areas of biophysics include
See also
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Biophysics."
Crosswords: Biophysics |
| Specialty definitions using "biophysics": AUDIOLOGIST ♦ Biological Sciences ♦ life sciences. (references) |
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Health | A non-Federal, nonadvocate, 12-member panel representing the fields of acupuncture, pain, psychology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, drug abuse, family practice, internal medicine, health policy, epidemiology, statistics, physiology, biophysics, and the public. (references) | |
Cosponsors of the conference were the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the National Institute of Dental Research, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Office of Research on Women's Health of the NIH. The conference brought together national and international experts in the fields of acupuncture, pain, psychology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, drug abuse, family practice, internal medicine, health policy, epidemiology, statistics, physiology, and biophysics, as well as representatives from the public. (references) | ||
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| "Biophysics" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 55.56% of the time. "Biophysics" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 55.56% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "biophysics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | biofizikë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فيزياء حيوية, فيزياء الكائنات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | биофизика. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "物物理学. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | biofyzika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | biofysik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | biofysica. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | biophysique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Biophysik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βιοφυσική. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ביופיסיק". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | biofizika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | biofisica. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "物物理学 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいぶつぶつりがく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iophysicsbay biofísica. (various references) biofizicã. (various references) биофизика. (various references) biofizika. (various references) biofísica. (various references) biofysik. (various references) ศาสตร์ที่ศึกษาเกี่ยวกับการใช้วิธีการทางฟิสิกส์ศึกษาชีววิทยา. (various references) biyofizik. (various references) біофізика. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Biophysics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dinophysis. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "biophysics" (pronounced bī'ōfi"siks) |
| 4 | -s i k s | anorexics, basics, classics, forensics, toxics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, tropics, workaholics. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-h-i-i-o-p-s-s-y" | |
-2 letters: biochips. | |
-3 letters: biochip, biopics, biopsic, bishops, phobics, physics, psychos. | |
-4 letters: biopic, biopsy, bishop, boyish, coyish, hyssop, phobic, physic, physis, piscos, psycho, psychs, pyosis, scyphi. | |
-5 letters: bossy, byssi, chips, chops, cissy, hissy, hypos, pisco, pisos, psych, scops, ships, shops, sophs, sophy, spics, spicy, syphs, sysop. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-h-i-i-o-p-s-s-y" | |
+2 letters: biophysicist. | |
+3 letters: biophysicists. | |
+5 letters: psychobiologies, psychobiologist. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 6F 70 68 79 73 69 63 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101111 01110000 01101000 01111001 01110011 01101001 01100011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i o p h y s i c s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006F 0070 0068 0079 0073 0069 0063 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36758182749185756985 |
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