noun
Meaning 1
a scientist of nuclear physics.
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Phrase guide
nuclear physicist
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noun
Meaning 2
a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: physicist
Narrower terms: Anderson, Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson, Bethe, Hans Bethe, Hans Albrecht Bethe, Bohr, Niels Bohr, Niels Henrik David Bohr, Born, Max Born, Bose, Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Broglie, de Broglie, Louis Victor de Broglie, Cockcroft, Sir John Cockcroft, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, Compton, Arthur Compton, Arthur Holly Compton, Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Fermi, Enrico Fermi, Feynman, Richard Feynman, Richard Phillips Feynman, Frisch, Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch, Gell-Mann, Murray Gell-Mann, Glaser, Donald Glaser, Donald Arthur Glaser, Heisenberg, Werner Karl Heisenberg, Hertz, Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Herzberg, Gerhard Herzberg, Lawrence, E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence, Lee, Tsung Dao Lee, Mayer, Marie Goeppert Mayer, Meitner, Lise Meitner, Mossbauer, Rudolf Ludwig Mossbauer, Muller, Karl Alex Muller, Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer, Pauli, Wolfgang Pauli, Sakharov, Andrei Sakharov, Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov, Schrodinger, Erwin Schrodinger, Szilard, Leo Szilard, Tamm, Igor Tamm, Igor Yevgeneevich Tamm, Teller, Edward Teller, Walton, E. T. S. Walton, Ernest Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, Wigner, Eugene Wigner, Eugene Paul Wigner, Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Yukawa, Hideki Yukawa
History
Etymology
From nuclear physics + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: kernefysiker — scientist of nuclear physics
- Dutch: kernfysicus — scientist of nuclear physics
- Finnish: ydinfyysikko — scientist of nuclear physics
- German: Kernphysiker — scientist of nuclear physics
- German: Kernphysikerin — scientist of nuclear physics
- Japanese: 核物理学者 — scientist of nuclear physics
- Polish: jądrowiec — scientist of nuclear physics
- Swedish: kärnfysiker — scientist of nuclear physics