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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For decades, Antarctica was exclusively a destination for biologists, glaciologists, geologists, physicists and other -ists.
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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.
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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.
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Later in the decade the staff was joined by a number of German physicists fleeing the Nazi regime and anti-Semitic laws in Germany.
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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
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 28 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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