online vs physical

online

adv
  • While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet. 

adj
  • Available over, or delivered from, the Internet. 

  • Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service. 

  • Connected to the Internet. 

  • Available on a computer system, even if not networked. 

  • Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid. 

  • Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant. 

  • Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally) 

verb
  • To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state. 

physical

adj
  • Sexual, carnal. 

  • Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. 

  • Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political). 

  • In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics. 

  • Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; having to do with the material world. 

  • Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive. 

noun
  • A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification. 

  • Physical examination. 

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