From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishphysicistphys‧i‧cist /ˈfɪzɪsɪst/ ●○○ noun [countable] HPa scientist who has special knowledge and training in physics
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physicist• When Kurt had finished his training as a physicist, there had been sixteen other graduates on his course.• Shevek is a brilliant physicist working on a Theory of Simultaneity.• You and your fellow physicists should look out from your ivory towers from time to time.• Most physicists would claim that the fundamental laws operative at the scale of a human brain are indeed all perfectly well known.• The 33-year-old physicist lashed his camera to an ice-pick and took the photo by setting the timer.• If basic math stumps you, there might not be a future for you as a particle physicist.• Undoubtedly, the human interest story of how I have managed to be a theoretical physicist despite my disability has helped. 