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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Angourie Rice leads the thriller as Alice (Rice), a brilliant but troubled physicist who attempts to heal her trauma by using time travel, but gets caught in a twisty, cat-and-mouse game of murder and violence in New York City.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
The next step was to search for the higher-energy release of energy that stellar physicists believe characterizes the frequent CMEs from young stars.
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That’s the big question that physicist Daniel Whiteson and his coauthor Andy Warner explore in their new book, Do Aliens Speak Physics?
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Daniel Jassby spent 25 years working with fusion and was a principal research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
The next step was to search for the higher-energy release of energy that stellar physicists believe characterizes the frequent CMEs from young stars.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s the big question that physicist Daniel Whiteson and his coauthor Andy Warner explore in their new book, Do Aliens Speak Physics?
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Daniel Jassby spent 25 years working with fusion and was a principal research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 5 Nov. 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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