physicist

CEFRB1

/ˈfɪzɪsɪst/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A scientist who studies matter, energy, and natural forces.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to vitalist).

Examples

  • The physicist was aware of the potential danger of nuclear fusion.

  • This theory originated with a twenty-eight-year-old physicist.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

More examples

In context

  • Thus we may say, that while the Naturalist employs principally the ideas of resemblance and life, the Physicist proceeds upon the ideas of force, matter, and the properties of matter.

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Origin

noun

From physics + -ist. Coined by the English polymath William Whewell (1794–1866) in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840): see the quotation.