14 Facts About Physical object

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In common usage and classical mechanics, a physical object or physical body is a collection of matter within a defined contiguous boundary in three-dimensional space.

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Also in common usage, an Physical object is not constrained to consist of the same collection of matter.

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An Physical object usually meant to be defined by the simplest representation of the boundary consistent with the observations.

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4.

Each Physical object has a unique identity, independent of any other properties.

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An object with known composition and described in an adequate physical theory is an example of physical system.

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6.

The properties of an Physical object are inferred by learning and reasoning based on the information perceived.

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Abstractly, an Physical object is a construction of our mind consistent with the information provided by our senses, using Occam's razor.

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In common usage an Physical object is the material inside the boundary of an Physical object, in 3-dimensional space.

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An Physical object is a single piece of material, whose extent is determined by a description based on the properties of the material.

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The continuation of the Physical object's identity is then based on the description of the system by continued identity being simpler than without continued identity.

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Also an Physical object's identity is created at the first point in time that the simplest model of the system consistent with perception identifies it.

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12.

Under Newtonian gravity the gravitational field further away than the furthest extent of an Physical object is determined only by the mass and the position of the center of mass.

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13.

In quantum mechanics an Physical object is a particle or collection of particles.

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In some branches of psychology, depending on school of thought, a physical object has physical properties, as compared to mental objects.

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