Definitions

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  • adjective not physical; not using kinetic energy
  • adjective not having physical form; insubstantial

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen

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Examples

  • Instead, there were entries for each time they had met, copies of the e-mails they’d exchanged about the life cycles of parasites, about the logic of host-parasite interactions, about the idea of nonphysical intelligence.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • Instead, there were entries for each time they had met, copies of the e-mails they’d exchanged about the life cycles of parasites, about the logic of host-parasite interactions, about the idea of nonphysical intelligence.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • Instead, there were entries for each time they had met, copies of the e-mails they’d exchanged about the life cycles of parasites, about the logic of host-parasite interactions, about the idea of nonphysical intelligence.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • When the foundation of science shifted from the process of discovery to theory/philosophy, the possibility of discovering nonphysical aspects of nature was minimized, if not suppressed.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • The spirit world was presumed to be nonphysical because it could not be readily perceived by our conventional physical senses of seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • He is neither a male nor a female, a person nor a nonperson, physical nor nonphysical, old nor young... the list goes on.

    Richard Schiffman: How The Placebo Effect Proves That God Exists Richard Schiffman 2012

  • He is neither a male nor a female, a person nor a nonperson, physical nor nonphysical, old nor young... the list goes on.

    Richard Schiffman: How The Placebo Effect Proves That God Exists Richard Schiffman 2012

  • When the foundation of science shifted from the process of discovery to theory/philosophy, the possibility of discovering nonphysical aspects of nature was minimized, if not suppressed.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • The spirit world was presumed to be nonphysical because it could not be readily perceived by our conventional physical senses of seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • When the foundation of science shifted from the process of discovery to theory/philosophy, the possibility of discovering nonphysical aspects of nature was minimized, if not suppressed.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

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