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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Despite its end, the data will be a treasure trove that physicists will mine for discoveries for many years to come.
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
Notable individuals who have lived with ALS include physicist Stephen Hawking, who lived for decades after diagnosis, and singer Roberta Flack.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
These two factors may well cancel out, Dan Russell, a physicist at Penn State who studies baseball-bat vibrations, told me.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
If physicists could be wrong about what was left to discover, the same is true for anyone assuming their job, industry, or skills are static.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
Notable individuals who have lived with ALS include physicist Stephen Hawking, who lived for decades after diagnosis, and singer Roberta Flack.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
These two factors may well cancel out, Dan Russell, a physicist at Penn State who studies baseball-bat vibrations, told me.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
If physicists could be wrong about what was left to discover, the same is true for anyone assuming their job, industry, or skills are static.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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