scientist

noun

sci·en·tist | \ ˈsī-ən-tist

Definition of scientist

1 : a person learned in science and especially natural science : a scientific investigator

2 capitalized : christian scientist

Examples of scientist in a Sentence

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The host of Ready, Set, Pet is Phil Torres, a scientist who lived in the Amazon rainforest for two years. — Erika Trombley, Seventeen, "Everything We Know About The CW's Adorable New Show “Ready, Set, Pet”," 29 Jan. 2019 Comprised of a lander and a rover, the mission's eight scientific instruments include two jointly designed by Chinese scientists and their counterparts in Sweden and Germany. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "China Successfully Lands on Far Side of Moon," 3 Jan. 2019 Research scientists at Rise developed a composite wood without additives like paint or dye, which gives its bright white color. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Sleek new speaker features recyclable wood cabinet," 27 Dec. 2018 Visa applications by Chinese scientists and engineers seeking advanced study and research in areas that touch on national security should be more closely examined. — Orville Schell And Larry Diamond, WSJ, "China Gets Its Message to Americans but Doesn’t Want to Reciprocate," 21 Dec. 2018 That's the conclusion of a new study by Italian scientists in the journal Applied Network Science, suggesting a fresh metric for determining a film's success, similar to that used for scientific publications. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Complex networks study ranks the most influential films of all time," 3 Dec. 2018 Hayabusa2 is also slated to collect a sample of Ryugu rock and send it back to Earth at the end of 2020 so that the pristine cosmic material can be analyzed by scientists directly. — Megan Gannon, Space.com, "'Crazy' Rocky Surface of Asteroid Ryugu Revealed in MASCOT Lander Images," 13 Oct. 2018 They were first discovered by two scientists back in the ‘50s — an achievement that earned the duo the Nobel Prize in 1986, fueling a flurry of modern research. — Jolene Edgar, Allure, "The Truth About Growth Factors in Skin Care and Why They're Controversial," 2 Aug. 2018 Centauro is the latest experiment by scientists to find the most adaptable and useful body-shape for robots designed to help in disasters. — James Vincent, The Verge, "The future of search-and-rescue robots might be centaur, not human," 28 July 2018

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