physicist

Syllables: phy·sic·istUK/ˈfɪzɪsɪst/

physicist noun: a person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

Noun

physicist (plural physicists)

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
- 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.1840, William Whewell, “Aphorisms Concerning the Language of Science. Aphorism VI. When Common Words are Appropriated as Technical Terms, this Must be Done so that They are Not Ambiguous in Their...
- Physicists find themselves called in to deal with such varied problems as the reduction of noise in diesel railcars, investigation of the Hertzian stresses set up by wheel-rail contact and improvement of the insulation of fish and banana vans.1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95
(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).

physicist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

physicist in Hindi

person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics: भौतिक विज्ञानी bhautik vijñānī, भौतिकविद् bhautikvid, भौतिक शास्त्री bhautik śāstrī

physicist in Tamil

இயற்பியல் வல்லுநர், இயற்பியலாளர்

physicist in Marathi

person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics: भौतिकशास्त्रज्ञ bhautikśāstrajña

physicist in Bengali

পদার্থবিদ, পদার্থবিজ্ঞানী

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physicist in Telugu: భౌతికశాస్త్రవేత్త bhautikaśāstravētta
physicist in Kannada: ಭೌತವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿ
physicist in Tagalog: liknayanon
physicist in Arabic: فِيزِيَائِيّ fīziyāʔiyy, فِيزِيَائِيَّة fīziyāʔiyya
physicist in Malay: ahli fizik
physicist in Persian: فیزیکدان fizik-dân
physicist in Thai: นักฟิสิกส์ nák-fí-sìk
physicist in Vietnamese: nhà vật lí

Examples of physicist in a sentence

Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time.
The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.
Early physicists developed insightful methods for measuring the speed of light.

All 40 example sentences with physicist

Forms of physicist

plural	physicists

Plural of physicist: physicists

Origin of physicist

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.

Words formed from physicist

Questions about physicist

What does physicist mean?: Physicist means a person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
What is physicist in Hindi?: Physicist in Hindi is भौतिक विज्ञानी (bhautik vijñānī), भौतिकविद् (bhautikvid), भौतिक शास्त्री (bhautik śāstrī). See Physicist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is physicist?: Physicist is a noun.
How do you pronounce physicist?: Physicist is pronounced /ˈfɪzɪsɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of physicist?: The plural of physicist is physicists.

Words near physicist in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: physicist (page history and authors); physicist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Physicist (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); భౌతికశాస్త్రవేత్త (Telugu) (page history and authors); physicist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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