Definition of PHYSICIST

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

physicist is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
physicist is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
physicist is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

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