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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James Walker, a nuclear physicist for NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. said data centers and artificial intelligence centers are power-intensive.
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Jim Talamonti, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
The physicist Ludwig Boltzmann studied the statistical properties of fluids.
—Leila Sloman, Wired News, 3 Aug. 2025
To address this, the MIT team, led by physicists Wolfgang Ketterle and Vitaly Fedoseev, pared the double-slit experiment down to the most basic apparatus possible, at the atomic scale.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 July 2025
The current moment feels like the early days of quantum mechanics, when physicists were forced to abandon intuitive notions of reality.
—Raff Ripoll, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Jim Talamonti, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
The physicist Ludwig Boltzmann studied the statistical properties of fluids.
—Leila Sloman, Wired News, 3 Aug. 2025
To address this, the MIT team, led by physicists Wolfgang Ketterle and Vitaly Fedoseev, pared the double-slit experiment down to the most basic apparatus possible, at the atomic scale.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 July 2025
The current moment feels like the early days of quantum mechanics, when physicists were forced to abandon intuitive notions of reality.
—Raff Ripoll, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 23 Aug. 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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