窮きゅう理り学がく

noun

(Western) physics

Archaic term used from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period to refer to Western physics. Replaced by 物理学 in modern Japanese.

• 幕ばく末まつの書しょ物もつには「窮きゅう理り学がく」という言こと葉ばが西せい洋ようの物ぶつ理り学がくを指さして使つかわれている。

  In books from the end of the Edo period, the word 窮理学 is used to refer to Western physics.