physicist
phy·si·cist
noun
Origin
From physics + -ist. Coined by the English polymath William Whewell (1794-1866) in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840): see the quotation.
Phrases
- condensed matter physicist
- health physicist
- mathematical physicist
- nuclear physicist
- theoretical physicist
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