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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Katie Freese, a physicist at the University of Texas at Austin, is one prominent critic of the DESI measurements.
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Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025
But many physicists are not convinced by this cut-and-dried distinction.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
As previously reported, Angourie Rice is in talks for the thriller’s lead role of Alice, a brilliant but troubled physicist who attempts to heal her trauma by using time travel, only to get caught in a twisty cat-and-mouse game of murder and violence in New York City.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
The younger Munger, a Bay Area physicist, helped fund the successful ballot measures that birthed California’s citizen redistricting commission in 2008 and 2010.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2025
But many physicists are not convinced by this cut-and-dried distinction.
—Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
As previously reported, Angourie Rice is in talks for the thriller’s lead role of Alice, a brilliant but troubled physicist who attempts to heal her trauma by using time travel, only to get caught in a twisty cat-and-mouse game of murder and violence in New York City.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
The younger Munger, a Bay Area physicist, helped fund the successful ballot measures that birthed California’s citizen redistricting commission in 2008 and 2010.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 8 Oct. 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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