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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In 1959, two physicists predicted another feature of relativistic motion: an object moving near the speed of light should also appear to be rotated.
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ArsTechnica, 31 May 2025
Feeling the Heat The first person to study reversible computing was Rolf Landauer, a celebrated physicist at IBM who in the 1960s helped establish the field of information processing.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 30 May 2025
However, physicist John D. Norton has developed a new model based on Einstein's theory of general relativity that shows time travel is mathematically possible.
—Dete Meserve, Space.com, 29 May 2025
According to firebrand climate researcher and former GISS director James Hansen, now retired from NASA, the institute was deliberately located in New York City because physicist Robert Jastrow, its founder, wanted a NASA center that was not a closed campus.
—Christopher Cokinos, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 31 May 2025
Feeling the Heat The first person to study reversible computing was Rolf Landauer, a celebrated physicist at IBM who in the 1960s helped establish the field of information processing.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 30 May 2025
However, physicist John D. Norton has developed a new model based on Einstein's theory of general relativity that shows time travel is mathematically possible.
—Dete Meserve, Space.com, 29 May 2025
According to firebrand climate researcher and former GISS director James Hansen, now retired from NASA, the institute was deliberately located in New York City because physicist Robert Jastrow, its founder, wanted a NASA center that was not a closed campus.
—Christopher Cokinos, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
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“Physicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicist. Accessed 7 Jun. 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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