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sci·en·tist (sī′ən tist)
noun
- a specialist in science; esp., a person whose profession is investigating in one of the natural sciences, as biology, chemistry, physics, etc.
- ☆ Christian Scientist
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scientist
n.
Scientists include: anatomist, astrologist, cosmologist, astronomer, botanist, zoologist, biologist, chemist, biochemist, geneticist, embryologist, meteorologist, geologist, geographer, mathematician, physicist, psychiatrist, psychologist, astrophysicist, spectroscopist, spectral analyst, ecologist, biophysicist, bacteriologist, marine biologist, oceanographer, geopolitician, systematic botanist, industrial chemist, manufacturing chemist, chemurgist, pharmacist, chemical engineer, nuclear engineer, nuclear physicist, sanitary engineer, agronomist, entomologist, ornithologist, endocrinologist, radiologist, audiologist, histologist, immunologist, oncologist, toxicologist, pathologist, graphologist, geophysicist, cartographer, neurologist, neurophysicist, paleontologist, paleobotanist, seismologist, volcanologist, structural geologist, oil geologist, mineralogist, metallurgist, anthropologist, ethnologist, comparative anatomist, Egyptologist, archaeologist, ethnobiologist, sociologist, linguist, dialectologist, folklorist;
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Converse of object
- enable: This enabled scientists to study seasonal effects which dominate events in the North Sea.
Adjective modifier
- forensic: I have known cases where officers have asked forensic scientists to destroy evidence.
Modifies a noun
- deweyclass: Author: ENC Subjects: canada, scientists DeweyClass: 509 Greek Mythology Biographical information on figures in Greek mythology.
Noun used with modifier
- computer: Among the many users of machine learning systems are a new wave of computer scientists calling themselves " data miners " .
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Dissent isthenativeactivityofthescientist, and it hasgot himintoa good deal oftrouble inthelast years.But ifthat is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible he is almost certainly right.When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
In a world where it is so easy to neglect, deny, pervert and suppress the truth, the scientist may find his discipline severe. For him, truth is so seldom the sudden lightthat showsneworderand beauty; more often, truth is the uncharted rock that sinks his ship in the dark.
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