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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Determining this temperature will help physicists figure out when and how the fiery primeval universe transitioned from quark -gluon plasma to the building blocks of atoms.
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2025
The theoretical physicist and cosmologist Laurence Krauss was among them.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
New research from Bellaiche and fellow U of A physicists Kinnary Patel and Sergey Prosandeev shows a promising way around that roadblock.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
The recent surge in activity stems from an active region of sunspots on the sun called AR 14274, according to Ryan French, a solar physicist at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2025
The theoretical physicist and cosmologist Laurence Krauss was among them.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
New research from Bellaiche and fellow U of A physicists Kinnary Patel and Sergey Prosandeev shows a promising way around that roadblock.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
The recent surge in activity stems from an active region of sunspots on the sun called AR 14274, according to Ryan French, a solar physicist at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 18 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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