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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While Marceau was praised for her performance in The World Is Not Enough, Denise Richards took a critical drubbing as Dr. Christmas Jones, a nuclear physicist who teams up with Bond to defeat the film's villains.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 May 2026
This possibility raises the question of how physicists can be sure their quantum simulations are spitting out reliable results.
—Zeeya Merali, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
While Marceau was praised for her performance in The World Is Not Enough, Denise Richards took a critical drubbing as Dr. Christmas Jones, a nuclear physicist who teams up with Bond to defeat the film's villains.
—John Russell, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Work closely with oncologists, medical physicists and oncology nurses, to help destroy or shrink tumors while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
—Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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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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