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biophysics
/ ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst; ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪzɪks /
noun
- functioning as singular the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
biophysics
/ bī′ō-fĭz′ĭks /
- The scientific study of biological processes in terms of the laws of physics. Phenomena such as echolocation in bats and the stresses and strains in skeletal and muscular structures are analyzed and explained in biophysics.
Derived Forms
- ˌbioˈphysically, adverb
- ˌbioˈphysical, adjective
- biophysicist, noun
Other Words From
- bi·o·phys·i·cal [bahy-oh-, fiz, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
- bio·physi·cal·ly adverb
- bi·o·phys·i·cist [bahy-oh-, fiz, -, uh, -sist], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of biophysics1
Example Sentences
She’s a geobiologist at the Center for Molecular Biophysics in Orléans, France.
To cope, she picked a thesis advisor in the biophysics department, which allowed her to escape her harasser by conducting research in another building.
My lab, at the Center for Molecular Biophysics at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, uses a supercomputer to discover drugs.
Yes; his branch is one of the branches of the Biophysics Division.
And how long have you been chief of the Biophysics Division?
There'd been a girl in his third-year biophysics class; he'd found out that she was a great-granddaughter of Force General Travis.
Experiments in biophysics are conducted in the medical cave.
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