thermodynamicist
thermodynamicist noun: a person who studies thermodynamics.
Noun
thermodynamicist (plural thermodynamicists)
- A person who studies thermodynamics.
- They are typified by those thermodynamicists who for decades have drawn ever closer to the temperature of absolute zero, when atoms cease all motion.1998 April 26, Edward O. Wilson, “The Ionian Enchantment”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2020
- In my favorite Meta A.I. ad, a woman tells her boyfriend that she’s excited to have him meet her parents — before impishly mentioning that her father is a thermodynamicist at NASA. The befuddled boyfriend rushes home, phone in hand. “Hey Meta,” he asks. “What the heck is a thermodynamicist?”2025 June 25, Ismail Muhammad, “Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?”, in The New York Times Magazine, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2025
Forms of thermodynamicist
| plural | thermodynamicists |
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Origin of thermodynamicist
From thermodynamic + -ist.
Questions about thermodynamicist
- What does thermodynamicist mean?
- Thermodynamicist means a person who studies thermodynamics.
- What part of speech is thermodynamicist?
- Thermodynamicist is a noun.
- What is the plural of thermodynamicist?
- The plural of thermodynamicist is thermodynamicists.
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