physicist
Meanings
Plural: physicists
Noun
- a scientist trained in physics
- A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
- A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to vitalist).
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 19
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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