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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One of those women, by the way, is his own mother, Elizabeth Butker, a medical physicist in the department of radiation oncology at Emory University.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
In their 1959 Nature paper, the physicists Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison described the need to search for interstellar communication.
—Edmon Begoli, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2024
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
In their 1959 Nature paper, the physicists Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison described the need to search for interstellar communication.
—Edmon Begoli, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2024
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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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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