单词 | field theorist |
释义 | field theoristn. Chiefly Physics. An expert in or advocate of a field theory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > [noun] > theory as opposed to practice > theory about fields > advocate of field theorist1934 1934 Philos. Sci. 1 330 The substance of which the object is made is a matter of complete indifference to the field theorist. 1961 M. B. Hesse Forces & Fields x. 274 Field-theorists who, since Maxwell, have interpreted matter as itself a manifestation of a physically prior field. 1988 T.-M. Yan & S. C. Lin in C.-K. Hu Progress Statist. Mech. 2 The study of phase transitions in statistical mechanics helps field theorist [s] to understand the mechanism of symmetry breaking in gauge theories. 2008 G. Fraser Cosmic Anger xii. 207 The Yang–Mills approach provided a useful template for those resolute field theorists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1934 |
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