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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Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist, is a great example.
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Despite being officially classified as a comet, theoretical physicist professor Avi Loebof Harvard University, has argued that the object could have been sent by an alien civilization.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Trump was one of the many notable figures befriended by Jeffrey Epstein in his heyday during the 1980s, 90s, and early 2000s, among the likes of the Clintons, Harvard mathematician and biologist Martin Nowak, Nobel laureates, including physicist Stephen Hawking, and Prince Andrew.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2025
To get past labor shortages, its leaders have hired from a cross section of related fields rather than focusing solely on PhD physicists.
—Justin Worland, Time, 17 July 2025
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Despite being officially classified as a comet, theoretical physicist professor Avi Loebof Harvard University, has argued that the object could have been sent by an alien civilization.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Trump was one of the many notable figures befriended by Jeffrey Epstein in his heyday during the 1980s, 90s, and early 2000s, among the likes of the Clintons, Harvard mathematician and biologist Martin Nowak, Nobel laureates, including physicist Stephen Hawking, and Prince Andrew.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2025
To get past labor shortages, its leaders have hired from a cross section of related fields rather than focusing solely on PhD physicists.
—Justin Worland, Time, 17 July 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 5 Aug. 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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