Physicist
['fɪzɪsɪst]
Definition
(n.) One versed in physics.
(n.) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist.
Editor: Xenia
Examples
- Did not an immortal physicist and interpreter of hieroglyphs write detestable verses? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In sharp contrast to him was the earnest, serious Rowland, of Johns Hopkins University, afterward the leading American physicist of his day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Van der Weyde, a well-known physicist in his day, and was exhibited by him before a technical audience at Cooper Union, New York, in 1868, and described shortly after in the technical press. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This great physicist had prov ed t hat cathode rays are composed not of negatively charged molecules, as had been supposed, but of much smaller particles or corp uscles. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Beard, a noted physicist, who entered enthusiastically into the investigation, and, in addition to a great deal of independent experiment, spent much time with Edison at his laboratory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Until quite recently the physicist divided gaseous matter into condensable vapors and permanent vapors. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Some were mere consumers of time; others were gladly welcomed, like Lord Kelvin, the greatest physicist of the last century, with whom Edison was always in friendly communication. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nothing could be more erroneous, nor more amusing to the physicist, since no chemicals ever come in contact with either the water or the ice. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- More conservative physicists say that it costs $5 a gallon. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Xavier