physical environment

American  

[fiz-i-kuhl-en-vahy-ruhn-muhnt] / ˈfɪz ɪ kəl ɛnˈvaɪ rən mənt /

noun

• physical environments
  plural

1. the parts of the environment that are tangible and primarily natural, though they may be influenced by human action (climate, geographical features, weather systems, etc.).

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• physical environments
  plural

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physical environment

The problem is in the qubits, whose quantum states are particularly sensitive to changes in the physical environment, meaning anything from electromagnetic fields to heat.

From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025

It looked at living conditions using eight different indicators including income, employment, health, education, access to services, housing, community safety and the physical environment.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

The possibility to communicate reciprocally with the physical environment or more-than-human reality may have been an essential reason why these cliffs were visited and painted, and why offerings were left to them.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

Regardless, it's clear that something in the social or physical environment is reshaping the development of today's girls — and it seems to have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2023

Even as archaeologists try to work out how the area’s first inhabitants reshaped their physical environment, other scientists are beginning to trace out their impacts in its genetic heritage.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann