Physics
- Work (physics), the work done by, or energy transferred by, a force acting through a distance
- Work (electrical), the work done by, or energy transferred by, a force from an electric field acting on a charge though a distance
- Work (thermodynamics), the quantity of total energy transferred from one system to another, not counting energy transferred by heat
- Mechanical work, a subset of work (physics) with the connotation that the force doing work is a "mechanical," pressure, or contact-type force
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Famous quotes containing the word physics:
“We must be physicists in order ... to be creative since so far codes of values and ideals have been constructed in ignorance of physics or even in contradiction to physics.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Mathematics should be mixed not only with physics but with ethics.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people’s attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)