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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Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.
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ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
Soon afterward, however, Daniel Green, a physicist at the University of California, San Diego, took to social media to argue over the DESI team’s preferred interpretation of the data.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
But the specific arrangement is up to the physicists.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
This is the conclusion of a new study by physicists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, which could shine a light on the mysterious origins of the elements at the bottom of the periodic table.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
Soon afterward, however, Daniel Green, a physicist at the University of California, San Diego, took to social media to argue over the DESI team’s preferred interpretation of the data.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
But the specific arrangement is up to the physicists.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
This is the conclusion of a new study by physicists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, which could shine a light on the mysterious origins of the elements at the bottom of the periodic table.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for physicist
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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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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