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physicist
English
Etymology
From physics +? -ist. Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1840 in his book The philosophy of the inductive sciences.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?z.?.s?st/
Noun
physicist (plural physicists)
- A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
- (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).
Translations
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contraterrene
English
Alternative forms
- contra-terrene
- contra terrene
Etymology
- contra- +? terrene
- Physics meaning from physicist Dirac's notion that an ordinary electron “rests” on the Dirac sea (terrene) whereas a positron exists as a “hole” in that sea (contra-terrene).
Adjective
contraterrene (comparative more contraterrene, superlative most contraterrene)
- Not terrestrial.
- (obsolete, physics) Of or pertaining to antimatter.
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
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