Definition of chemist
2 British : pharmacist
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Examples of chemist in a Sentence
let's ask the chemist whether it's safe to take these two drugs together
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Kevin Schug, a chemist at UTA who has been involved in other studies involving hydraulic fracturing and pollution, will conduct baseline studies of ground and surface water quality in the geologically complex Alpine High resource play.
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Marina Maru, as the second incarnation was called, was once again a chemist with a taste for evil — as well as for revenge, given that her grandmother had tangled with Wonder Woman's mother in the Second World War.
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Although an armistice is being debated, the American spy has information that a rogue German general (Danny Huston) and his chemist cohort (Elena Anaya) harbor a poisonous weapon that could turn the tide of the war.
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The field of possible supervillains includes Danny Huston as a German commander and Elena Anaya as a diabolical chemist.
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At the University of Central Florida, chemist Fernando Uribe-Romo has developed a synthetic crystalline molecule that can trap carbon dioxide (CO2) and convert the energy from sunlight into organic compounds that can be used as fuels.
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The daughter of educators and sibling of a nuclear chemist with a PhD, Kasey Cooper has long enjoyed breaking things down to their technical components.
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Thirteen years later, a chemist borrowed the same idea for what popular non-alcoholic beverage?
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Origin and Etymology of chemist
New Latin chimista, short for Medieval Latin alchimista
First Known Use: 1559
CHEMIST Defined for English Language Learners
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: a person who studies or does research in the science of chemistry
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: a person trained or engaged in chemistry
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1: one trained in chemistry
2British : pharmacist
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