physicist

noun

phys·i·cist | \ ˈfi-zə-sist

, ˈfiz-sist\

Definition of physicist

1 : a specialist in physics

2 archaic : a person skilled in natural science

Examples of physicist in a Sentence

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Over the years, several luminaries, including Elon Musk, legendary theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and a host of others have warned against the rise of artificial intelligence. — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, "'Killer robots' are coming and the world is trying to figure out what to do with them," 27 Aug. 2018 My mother’s father was Max Born, a physicist and mathematician who received a Nobel Prize for developing quantum mechanics. — Marc Myers, WSJ, "‘Grease’ Star Olivia Newton-John Began as Hopelessly Devoted to a Singing Career," 2 Apr. 2019 Currently, many physicists are excited about a more substantial form of black-hole atmosphere, which depends on the existence of undiscovered particles that are very light but not massless. — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, "Black Holes May Have ‘Hair’ That We Can See," 3 Jan. 2019 Yet no physicist in the 19th century could explain this seemingly simple process. — Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, "How Quantum Mechanics Lets Us See, Smell and Touch," 24 Oct. 2018 The trial of a Michigan State University physicist charged with bestiality took an unusual turn this week when a stuffed animal was brought into a courtroom as a prop. — Greg Norman, Fox News, "Attorney uses stuffed animal in case against MSU physicist charged with bestiality," 22 June 2018 Because of these oddities and others, many physicists have been betting on neutrinos to open the door to the next frontier in physics. — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, "Evidence Builds for a New Kind of Neutrino," 7 June 2018 Now, some physicists are back with a potential answer: a tiny fraction of dark matter has a charge, allowing it to interact with regular matter during the time between the Big Bang and formation of the Cosmic Microwave Background. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Could dark matter atoms explain a recent observation?," 3 June 2018 This was the world’s first battery, built by the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta in the year 1800. — Peter Kujawinski, New York Times, "Colliders, Sundials and Wonder: When Science Is Your Destination," 28 May 2018

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