physicist
noun
a scientist who specializes in physics.
physicists
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pluralof physicist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, at the Ron Cooke Hub at the University of York, physicists gathered to view the eclipse through five telescopes set up to see the Sun safely.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Henri Murison, the chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, told the BBC: "Eminent physicists have made the case for why this is particularly worrying, because it will lose physics talent across the country."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
When I went to Morgan Stanley in 1994 after several years in academia, Wall Street was full of physicists and economists.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Erich Mendelsohn, the young architect, was a member of Munich’s artistic avant-garde, while Erwin Finlay Freundlich, one of the first German physicists to endorse the theory of relativity, belonged to the scientific avant-garde.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Do you think that history professors chat about the reasons for World War One when they meet for lunch, or that nuclear physicists spend their coffee breaks at scientific conferences talking about quarks?
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
