Definition of Physical education

1. Noun. Training in the development of and care for the human body; stresses athletics; includes hygiene.

Generic synonyms: Education

Definition of Physical education

1. Noun. An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Physical Education

physical allergy
physical anthropology
physical attraction
physical attractiveness
physical body
physical break
physical breaks
physical change
physical chemistry
physical constant
physical constants
physical containment
physical culture
physical dependence
physical diagnosis
physical education (current term)
physical education and training
physical elasticity of muscle
physical endurance
physical examination
physical exercise
physical exertion
physical finger
physical fingers
physical fitness
physical geography
physical half-life
physical law
physical map
physical maps

Literary usage of Physical education

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Am Phys Educ R 23: 225-31 Ар '18 National physical education service, ... Am Phys Educ R 22:529-34 D '17 Normal school of physical education and hygiene for ..."

2. The Philosophy of Education: Being the Foundation of Education in the by Herman Harrell Horne (1907)
"... the actual agencies The Atten- of physical education in the American school system l^r of to-day. A brief glance at the history of physical in the Past, ..."

3. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1922)
"physical education FOB WOMEN GERTRUDE K. COLBY, BS, Director of physical education. ... KATHARINE HERSEY, BS, Associate in physical education. ..."

4. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education by National Society for the Study of Education (1917)
"I have found: (1) that with regard to aims, administration, subject matter, methods, and results there is probably more variability in physical education ..."

5. Sportby C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1914)
"physical education: the Swedish system; its medical and general aspects expanded ... The elements of physical education: a teachers manual Original musical ..."

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