physicist
noun
phys·i·cist ˈfi-zə-sist 
ˈfiz-sist
1
: a specialist in physics
2
archaic : a person skilled in natural science
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web As the team rushes to get Ben back home, the clip shows the physicist stepping into the shoes of a variety of different people throughout time and space, from a robber to a rock star. 
Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022 Morou, along with Canadian physicist Donna Strickland, developed an optical technique that produces short, intense laser pulses that can drill precise points without causing damage to the surrounding material. Katie Hunt, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 About then, Bob McCoy, the director of the Geophysical Institute and a space physicist himself, lobbied for the institute to take over the site. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 California Institute of Technology physicist Katerina Chatziioannou works on one of the two LIGO projects and is not affiliated with the Case Western team’s study. Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022 Earlier work by Eva Silverstein of Stanford, another brilliant physicist with a long track record in quantum cosmology, and her collaborators provides yet another proposal for computing these theoretical data. Edgar Shaghoulian, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2022 Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto were first observed by Italian physicist Galileo Galilei in 1610. Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022 One of their founders, a quantum physicist, started to work on in-wheel technology all the way back in the late 80s before co-founding Elaphe in 2006. Jennifer Jacobs Dungs, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Comedian Ellen DeGeneres, NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and polymath physicist Richard Garwin were also recipients that year. Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022 Morou, along with Canadian physicist Donna Strickland, developed an optical technique that produces short, intense laser pulses that can drill precise points without causing damage to the surrounding material. Katie Hunt, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 About then, Bob McCoy, the director of the Geophysical Institute and a space physicist himself, lobbied for the institute to take over the site. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 California Institute of Technology physicist Katerina Chatziioannou works on one of the two LIGO projects and is not affiliated with the Case Western team’s study. Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2022 Earlier work by Eva Silverstein of Stanford, another brilliant physicist with a long track record in quantum cosmology, and her collaborators provides yet another proposal for computing these theoretical data. Edgar Shaghoulian, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2022 Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto were first observed by Italian physicist Galileo Galilei in 1610. Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022 One of their founders, a quantum physicist, started to work on in-wheel technology all the way back in the late 80s before co-founding Elaphe in 2006. Jennifer Jacobs Dungs, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Comedian Ellen DeGeneres, NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and polymath physicist Richard Garwin were also recipients that year. Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
physicist
noun
phys·i·cist ˈfi-zə-səst
: a person specializing in physics
Medical Definition
physicist
noun
phys·i·cist ˈfiz-(ə-)səst
: a specialist in physics