classical physics
noun
physics as understood before the advent of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity, or those aspects of contemporary physics that do not involve or rely on these theories.
classical physicist
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a word derived from
classical physics.
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They then appear to us as what a classical physicist would call waves, such as waves of light or gravitational waves.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
