Associations to the word «Physicist»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PHYSICIST, noun. A scientist trained in physics.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats