physicist
pronunciation
How to pronounce physicist in British English:
UK [ˈfɪzɪsɪst]
How to pronounce physicist in American English:
US [ˈfɪzɪsɪst]
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- Noun:
- a scientist trained in physics
Word Origin
- physicist (n.)
- 1836, from physics + -ist. Coined by the Rev. William Whewell (1794-1866), English polymath, to denote a "cultivator of physics" as opposed to a physician. As we cannot use physician for a cultivator of physics, I have called him a physicist. We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a Scientist. Thus we might say, that as an Artist is a Musician, Painter, or Poet, a Scientist is a Mathematician, Physicist, or Naturalist. [William Whewell, "The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences," London, 1840]
Example
- 1. He was a physicist , an observer of phenomena .
- 2. That was physicist george pake 's job .
- 3. Feynman was a theoretical physicist and brilliant lecturer .
- 4. Physicist : does your computer keep freezing up ?
- 5. An iranian nuclear physicist and engineer sit at their computers .