geophysicist

English

Etymology

From geo- +‎ physicist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

geophysicist (plural geophysicists)

1. A physicist who specializes in geophysics.
   • 1982 January 3, Reuters, “YEVGENY FEDOROV, AGED 71; A MAJOR SOVIET GEOPHYSICIST”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2023 December 14, Damian Carrington, quoting Michael E. Mann, “Failure of Cop28 on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘devastating’, say scientists”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     “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.

Translations

one who studies geophysics

• Dutch: geofysicus (nl) m
• Finnish: geofyysikko (fi)
• French: géophysicien (fr) m, géophysicienne (fr) f
• German: Geophysiker (de) m, Geophysikerin (de) f
• Latvian: ģeofiziķis m, ģeofiziķe f
• Portuguese: geofísico m, geofísica (pt) f
• Romanian: geofizician (ro) m, geofiziciană (ro) f
• Russian: геофи́зик (ru) m or f (geofízik)
• Spanish: geofísico m, geofísica (es) f
• Swedish: geofysiker c