Definition of physicist in English: physicist
noun An expert in or student of physics.
Example sentences
‘Even a biologist must trust what a physicist says about quantum mechanics.’ ‘The idea of counting as physicists all students who obtain any degree in physics is a bit of a stretch.’ ‘Early last century, a physicist called Wolfgang Pauli invented a particle to help his sums balance.’ ‘From then on the twenty-three-year-old physicist could call himself Dr. Stephen Hawking.’ ‘But then, being a physicist, Pieranski did something that few mathematicians would think to do.’ ‘In fact, mathematicians and physicists were among the last to latch on to the importance of symmetry.’ ‘Maybe the end is in sight for theoretical physicists, if not for theoretical physics.’ ‘A moving particle will carry with it the energy of its motion, which the physicists call kinetic energy.’ ‘For years physicists have wondered how a crumpled sheet can be so extraordinarily rigid.’ ‘The brilliant physicist, Richard Feynman, did poorly in some subjects.’ ‘However, the fascination of physicists with the natural world shows no sign of ending.’ ‘A form of pragmatism, it was expounded by an American physicist, Percy Bridgman.’ ‘In 1934 the Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard filed a patent with the British Patent Office.’ ‘Little wonder that these machines are proving to be so popular with physicists.’ ‘This is another reason why physicists have become so impressed by string theory.’ ‘So fate not only made me a physicist, but it also made me a computer scientist.’ ‘Even physicists concede that quantum physics is mostly irrelevant to large scale phenomena.’ ‘Now physicists have spotted the equivalent result in photons flying near an atom.’ ‘In doing so, he educated several generations of physicists in statistical mechanics in a style rare in this century.’ ‘Unfortunately, a quick straw poll revealed two engineering students, two physicists and a maths graduate.’