physicist

noun

phys·​i·​cist ˈfi-zə-sist How to pronounce physicist (audio)
ˈfiz-sist
1
: a specialist in physics
2
archaic : a person skilled in natural science

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For decades, Antarctica was exclusively a destination for biologists, glaciologists, geologists, physicists and other -ists. Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025 Munger is the son of a Berkshire Hathaway executive and a physicist who spent heavily to establish independent redistricting in California more than a decade ago. Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025 Cosmologists and mathematical physicists often seek ways to circumvent the theorem, looking to quantum gravity (or other non-standard scenarios) to break us out of the requirements that general relativity imposes. Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025 Later in the decade the staff was joined by a number of German physicists fleeing the Nazi regime and anti-Semitic laws in Germany. Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for physicist

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of physicist was in 1838

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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

physicist

noun
phys·​i·​cist ˈfiz-(ə-)səst How to pronounce physicist (audio)
: a specialist in physics

Medical Definition

physicist

noun
phys·​i·​cist ˈfiz-(ə-)səst How to pronounce physicist (audio)
: a specialist in physics

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