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physical system

Noun

Meaning

physical system (plural physical systems)

(physics) The portion of the physical universe chosen for analysis, with everything outside the system known as the environment.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing, it changes that information, transforms that information, or, if you like, processes that information. Seth Lloyd

The eating of meat without doubt focuses the physical mechanism closely to the physical system. There is nothing wrong with this. If you are trying to develop inner abilities however, and if you wish to allow yourself a mobility of focus, then moderation in this respect must be used. Robert Butts

You should never be surprised by or feel the need to explain why any physical system is in a high entropy state. Brian Greene

The observing mind is not a physical system, it cannot interact with any physical system. Erwin Schrödinger

Merely by existing and evolving in time - by existing - any physical system registers information, and by evolving in time it transforms or processes that information. Seth Lloyd

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