Physicist

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  • noun. A scientist who specializes in physics.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A student of physics; a natural philosopher.
  • noun. In biol, one who seeks to explain fundamental vital phenomena upon purely physical or chemical principles; one who holds that life is a form of energy due simply to molecular movements taking place in the ultimate molecules of the protoplasm, and capable of correlation with the ordinary physical and chemical forces: opposed to vitalist.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One versed in physics.
  • noun. A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
  • noun. A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to vitalist).
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  • noun. a scientist trained in physics
  • Word Usage
    "I imagine that this résumé permits him to assign himself the title physicist, but not in the Robert Oppenheimer/Edward Teller sense of the word."
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