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, 27 Feb. 2025
That mission carried venture capitalist Lane Bess (a repeat flyer with Blue Origin), Spanish TV host Jesús Calleja, physicist entrepreneur Elaine Chia Hyde, reproductive endocrinologist Richard Scott, hedge fund partner Tushar Shah and a sixth unnamed crewmember to space and back.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
In the late 1960s, some physicists speculated that singularities might be surrounded by a region of churning chaos, where space and time haphazardly grow and shrink.
—Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
The physics that theoretically would power such a chip is hard to understand — even for some physicists.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
That mission carried venture capitalist Lane Bess (a repeat flyer with Blue Origin), Spanish TV host Jesús Calleja, physicist entrepreneur Elaine Chia Hyde, reproductive endocrinologist Richard Scott, hedge fund partner Tushar Shah and a sixth unnamed crewmember to space and back.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
In the late 1960s, some physicists speculated that singularities might be surrounded by a region of churning chaos, where space and time haphazardly grow and shrink.
—Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025
The physics that theoretically would power such a chip is hard to understand — even for some physicists.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 3 Mar. 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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