a person versed in or studying physics
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phys•i•cist
(fiz′ə sist),USA pronunciation n.
- Physicsa scientist who specializes in physics.
- physic(s) + -ist 1710–20
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phys•ics /ˈfɪzɪks/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable; used with a singular verb]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Physicsthe science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force:Physics is what seems to have interested him the most.
phys•ics
(fiz′iks),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.)
- Physicsthe science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and force.
- see physic, -ics 1580–90
'physicist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abbe
- Abbe condenser
- Alfvén
- Alvarez
- Ambartsumian
- Anderson
- Appleton
- Archimedes
- Arrhenius
- Aston
- Auger effect
- Avogadro
- Babinet
- Balmer series
- Bardeen
- Barkhausen
- Barkhausen effect
- Barkla
- Basov
- Becquerel
- Bernoulli
- Bethe
- Bhabha
- Binnig
- Biot-Savart law
- Blackett
- Bloch
- Bohr
- Boltzmann
- Borelli
- Born
- Bose
- Bothe
- Boyle
- Brackett series
- Bragg
- Brattain
- Braun
- Bravais lattice
- Brewster
- Brewster's law
- Bridgman
- Békésy
- Carnot
- Cavendish
- Cerenkov
- Chadwick
- Chamberlain
- Charles' law
- Cherenkov