Definitions

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  • noun physics, cosmology The physics involved in the formation of galaxies
  • noun informal The physics of cooking

Etymologies

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From galaxy + astrophysics

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From gastronomy + physics

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Examples

  • Although these cooling and transformation processes are a rich field of “gastrophysics” (as the term goes), the overall landscape of baryons is sculpted by the dark matter, to first order.

    Dude! Where’s my baryons? Julianne 2007

  • Actually, I was thinking of donating my body to science; gastrophysics ideally.

    cheddarvision! « raincoaster 2007

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