physicist

English

/ˈfɪz.ɪ.sɪst/

noun
Definitions
  • A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
  • (archaic) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to vitalist (vitalist)).

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Suffix from English physics.

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English

physics

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