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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In the 19th century, physicist Ludwig Boltzmann linked the arrow of time to entropy, a measure often described as a measure of disorder.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
Gaia is the creation of Duncan Watson-Parris, an atmospheric physicist at Scripps Oceanography whose position is a joint appointment of HDSI and Scripps.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
All of the atomic clocks continued ticking through the power outage last week thanks to their battery backup systems, according to NIST supervisory research physicist Jeff Sherman.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 21 Dec. 2025
The other passengers on the flight included the Florida physicist Joey Hyde; German-American aerospace engineer Hans Koenigsmann, who previously worked at SpaceX; energy sector entrepreneur Adonis Pouroulis and West Texas space enthusiast Jason Stansell.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
Gaia is the creation of Duncan Watson-Parris, an atmospheric physicist at Scripps Oceanography whose position is a joint appointment of HDSI and Scripps.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
All of the atomic clocks continued ticking through the power outage last week thanks to their battery backup systems, according to NIST supervisory research physicist Jeff Sherman.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 21 Dec. 2025
The other passengers on the flight included the Florida physicist Joey Hyde; German-American aerospace engineer Hans Koenigsmann, who previously worked at SpaceX; energy sector entrepreneur Adonis Pouroulis and West Texas space enthusiast Jason Stansell.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 21 Dec. 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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