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geophysicist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós)der. Latin physicusder. Middle English phisik English physic English physics Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English physicist English geophysicist From geo- + physicist.

Meanings

1. A physicist who specializes in geophysics.
   • “The lack of an agreement to phase out fossil fuels was devastating,” said Prof Michael Mann, a climatologist and geophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania in the US. 2023 December 14, Damian Carrington, quoting Michael E. Mann, “Failure of Cop28 on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘devastating’, say scientists”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Yevgeny K. Fedorov, one of the Soviet Union's leading geophysicists, died Wednesday, Tass, the official press agency, reported today. He was 71 years old. 1982 January 3, Reuters, “YEVGENY FEDOROV, AGED 71; A MAJOR SOVIET GEOPHYSICIST”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

astrogeophysicist

Translations (26)

gl xeofísica (one who studies geophysics) · gl xeofísico (one who studies geophysics) · ru геофи́зик (one who studies geophysics) · fi geofyysikko (one who studies geophysics) · lv ģeofiziķis (one who studies geophysics) · nl geofysicus (one who studies geophysics) · el γεωφυσικός (one who studies geophysics) · fr géophysicien (one who studies geophysics) · pt geofísico (one who studies geophysics) · lv ģeofiziķe (one who studies geophysics) · pl geofizyk (one who studies geophysics) · it geofisica (one who studies geophysics) · fr géophysicienne (one who studies geophysics) · es geofísica (one who studies geophysics) · ca geofísic (one who studies geophysics) · it geofisico (one who studies geophysics) · ro geofiziciană (one who studies geophysics) · el γεωφυσική (one who studies geophysics) · cmn 地球物理學家 /地球物理学家 (one who studies geophysics) · ro geofizician (one who studies geophysics) · de Geophysikerin (one who studies geophysics) · sv geofysiker (one who studies geophysics) · de Geophysiker (one who studies geophysics) · ca geofísica (one who studies geophysics) · es geofísico (one who studies geophysics) · pt geofísica (one who studies geophysics)