physical property - a property used to characterize physical objectsproperty - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" absorption factor, absorptivity - (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body inductance, induction - (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of current drippiness - the physical property of being soft and drippy temperature - the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity) enthalpy, heat content, total heat, H - (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; "enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work" randomness, entropy, S - (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" reluctivity - (physics) the resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in it sensitivity - the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences; "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity" elasticity, snap - the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap" malleability, plasticity - the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped under pressure without breaking mass - the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity momentum - the product of a body's mass and its velocity; "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities" fugacity - the tendency of a gas to expand or escape length - the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet" |