physicist
noun
phys·i·cist
ˈfi-zə-sist 
ˈfiz-sist
1
: a specialist in physics
2
archaic
: a person skilled in natural science
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The new array also allowed physicists to observe a thorium nucleus’ shape in groundbreaking detail, which the team compares to being able to view individual blades of grass from inside an airplane.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
Lee and his schoolmate Zhu Guangya were the two physicists in the group.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
Now the physicist and popular science writer Carlo Rovelli with Francesca Vidotto, both at Western University in Canada, review this progress and highlight some of its jaw-dropping conclusions.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
Some hundred and eighty years later, the Swedish physicist and mathematician Anders Celsius went looking for Rich Nils’s rock.
—Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
Lee and his schoolmate Zhu Guangya were the two physicists in the group.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
Now the physicist and popular science writer Carlo Rovelli with Francesca Vidotto, both at Western University in Canada, review this progress and highlight some of its jaw-dropping conclusions.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2024
Some hundred and eighty years later, the Swedish physicist and mathematician Anders Celsius went looking for Rich Nils’s rock.
—Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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physicist
noun
phys·i·cist
ˈfiz-(ə-)səst
: a specialist in physics
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physicist
noun
phys·i·cist
ˈfiz-(ə-)səst
: a specialist in physics
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