Physicist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Physicist \Phys"i*cist\ (f[i^]z"[i^]*s[i^]st), n.
     One versed in physics.
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     2. (Biol.) 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  physicist
       n : a scientist trained in physics