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paleomagnetician

paleomagnetician noun: a specialist in the field of paleomagnetism.

Noun

paleomagnetician (plural paleomagneticians)

  1. A specialist in the field of paleomagnetism
    • I would have expected that there would be more very bright spots," says paleomagnetician Gary Acton of Texas A&M University.1997 May 23, Richard A. Kerr, “Marine Geology: New Way to Hit the Hot Spot Hints at a Complex Pacific”, in Science, volume 276, number 5316, →DOI
    • Still, the study, reported on page 1642 by paleontologist Peter Ward of the University of Washington in Seattle, paleomagnetician Joseph Kirschvink of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and their colleagues, "could influence the fence sitters," says geologist Darrel Cowan of the...1997 September 12, Richard A. Kerr, “EARTH SCIENCE: More Signs of a Far-Traveled West”, in Science, volume 277, number 5332, →DOI

Forms of paleomagnetician

pluralpaleomagneticians

Origin of paleomagnetician

From paleomagnetic + -ian.

Questions about paleomagnetician

What does paleomagnetician mean?
Paleomagnetician means a specialist in the field of paleomagnetism.
What part of speech is paleomagnetician?
Paleomagnetician is a noun.
What is the plural of paleomagnetician?
The plural of paleomagnetician is paleomagneticians.

Words near paleomagnetician in the dictionary

  1. paleolongitude
  2. paleolongitudes
  3. paleolongitudinal
  4. paleomagnetic
  5. paleomagnetically
  6. paleomagnetician
  7. paleomagneticians
  8. paleomagnetics
  9. paleomagnetism
  10. paleomagnetisms
  11. paleomagnetist

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