geophysicistn.
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈfɪzᵻsɪst/, /ˌdʒɪəˈfɪzᵻsɪst/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˈfɪzᵻsᵻst/ An expert or specialist in geophysics; a student of geophysics.
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geophysicist1890
1890 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 12 115 The following gentlemen took part in it [sc. an expedition]:—Professor Hensen as leader..and Professor Krümmel as geophysicist.
1903 Philos. Mag. 6 589 Of the numerous theories for the permanent negative charge on the earth's surface none has been so generally accepted by geophysicists as that due to Elster and Geitel.
1934 Times 18 Sept. 9/1 The Swedish geophysicist who introduced one method of locating metals by electrical means.
1970 Sci. Jrnl. May 32/3 The geochemical theories..do not seem to meet the geophysicist's requirement that extra mass must find its way into the basins to give a gravity excess.
2008 Independent 7 Mar. (Arts & Bks. Review section) 5/4 The action centres on a psychic teenager..and his father, Adam, a geophysicist who's in Milbury to research the magnetic power of the circle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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