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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The physicists found it while looking through a repository of astronomical observations taken by telescopes in space and around the world called Aladin Lite.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
The first was that the Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti had made a significant discovery in quantum field theory.
—Simon Garfield, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
Future physics and chemistry prizes, a physicist joked, would inevitably be awarded to advances in machine learning.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
Founded in 2021 by physicist Stefano Buono, the startup has already raised more than €400 million (£338.8 million) and employs more than 750 people located in fifteen offices across the UK, France, Switzerland and Italy.
—João Medeiros, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
The first was that the Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti had made a significant discovery in quantum field theory.
—Simon Garfield, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
Future physics and chemistry prizes, a physicist joked, would inevitably be awarded to advances in machine learning.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
Founded in 2021 by physicist Stefano Buono, the startup has already raised more than €400 million (£338.8 million) and employs more than 750 people located in fifteen offices across the UK, France, Switzerland and Italy.
—João Medeiros, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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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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