physicist

Significat (Anglès)

  1. A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
  2. (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).

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈfɪzɪsɪst/
Etimologia (Anglès)

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.

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