Pamineh indik alam sané jangkep, alam semesta fisik, inggih punika silih tunggil saking panglimbak saking unteng pikayunan sané aslinyané; punika kakawitin antuk aplikasi inti niri-niri saking kruna φύσις olih para filsuf pra-Socrates (yadiastun bebaosan puniki madaging dimensi sané kantun élah duk punika,utaminnyané ring Heraclitus), saha sayan nglimbak rikala punika.
The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word φύσις by pre-Socratic philosophers (though this word had a dynamic dimension then, especially for Heraclitus), and has steadily gained currency ever since.