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physicist

American  
[fiz-uh-sist] / ˈfɪz ə sɪst /

noun

  1. a scientist who specializes in physics. physics.


physicist British  
/ ˈfɪzɪsɪst /

noun

  1. a person versed in or studying physics

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Etymology

Origin of physicist

First recorded in 1710–20; physic(s) + -ist

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While this result surprises some physicists, others see it as a natural outcome of one of the most basic principles of quantum mechanics known as unitarity.

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Mr. Koonin, a physicist, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal

A University of Cincinnati physicist and an international team of collaborators say they have worked out a theoretical method for producing axions inside fusion reactors.

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To study them in detail, physicists rely on quantum simulation, a strategy that maps a complex quantum system onto a different one that is easier to control and observe.

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Albert Einstein provides a famous example -- one of the most important physicists, who was also deeply engaged with music and played the violin from an early age.

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