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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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
She's been a fashion designer, flight attendant, nurse, doctor, athlete (playing multiple sports from tennis to skiing to baseball), astronaut, teacher, rock star, game show host, pilot and physicist.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
But there's more — space weather physicist Tamitha Skov notes that stronger G2 storm conditions are also possible.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Jamie Sykes Macleod, a consultant physicist at TTP, said students from a variety of disciplines from STEM to humanities took part in the event and worked as teams to come up with ideas to help reduce in amount of microplastic in the world.
—Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
She's been a fashion designer, flight attendant, nurse, doctor, athlete (playing multiple sports from tennis to skiing to baseball), astronaut, teacher, rock star, game show host, pilot and physicist.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
But there's more — space weather physicist Tamitha Skov notes that stronger G2 storm conditions are also possible.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Jamie Sykes Macleod, a consultant physicist at TTP, said students from a variety of disciplines from STEM to humanities took part in the event and worked as teams to come up with ideas to help reduce in amount of microplastic in the world.
—Jamie Hailstone, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 15 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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