physicist

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a scientist trained in physics

Etymology

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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