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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But data is patchy, so physicists also let their intuition guide them.
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The researchers collaborated with experimental physicists in Italy to test NbRe, a niobium–rhenium alloy.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Keller read Thompson’s movements like a physicist.
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Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2026
The researchers collaborated with experimental physicists in Italy to test NbRe, a niobium–rhenium alloy.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Keller read Thompson’s movements like a physicist.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Born in 1935 in Flagstaff, Arizona, Hablutzel was the son of a physicist father who relocated his family from Flagstaff to Albuquerque, New Mexico, when Hablutzel was 7 years old.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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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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