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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Jennifer lives in Baltimore with her spouse, physicist Sean M. Carroll, and their two cats, Ariel and Caliban.
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Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025
In the 1970s, physicist Alan Guth concocted a radical picture of the extremely early universe.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Tommaso is an optical physicist who wrote his undergraduate thesis in optics and has earned an advanced degree at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
But what really thrilled physicists was the promise of a fresh way to investigate superconductivity in general.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025
In the 1970s, physicist Alan Guth concocted a radical picture of the extremely early universe.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Tommaso is an optical physicist who wrote his undergraduate thesis in optics and has earned an advanced degree at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris.
—John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
But what really thrilled physicists was the promise of a fresh way to investigate superconductivity in general.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 30 Jan. 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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