sci·en·tist (s   n-t st)n. A person having expert knowledge of one or more sciences, especially a natural or physical science. |
scientist [ˈsaɪəntɪst]
n
a person who studies or practises any of the sciences or who uses scientific methods
Scientist [ˈsaɪəntɪst]
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christian Science Christ as supreme spiritual healer
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) short for Christian Scientist
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciencesindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" cosmographer, cosmographist - a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography bibliotist - someone who engages in bibliotics biologist, life scientist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms chemist - a scientist who specializes in chemistry cognitive scientist - a scientist who studies cognitive processes computer scientist - a scientist who specializes in the theory of computation and the design of computers geologist - a specialist in geology linguist, linguistic scientist - a specialist in linguistics mathematician - a person skilled in mathematics medical scientist - a scientist who studies disease processes microscopist - a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes mineralogist - a scientist trained in mineralogy oceanographer - a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas physicist - a scientist trained in physics principal investigator, PI - the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project psychologist - a scientist trained in psychology radiologic technologist - a scientist trained in radiological technology social scientist - someone expert in the study of human society and its personal relationships |
scientist
noun researcher, inventor, technologist, boffin (informal), technophile a dissident scientist
Quotations
"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. (Clarke's First Law)" [Arthur C. Clarke Profile of the Future]
"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young" [Konrad Lorenz On Aggression]
"I don't know what I may seem to the world, but as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me" [Isaac Newton]
"Nature, and Nature's laws lay hid in night"
"God said, Let Newton be! and all was light" [Alexander Pope Epitaph: Intended for Sir Isaac Newton]
"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. (Clarke's First Law)" [Arthur C. Clarke Profile of the Future]
"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young" [Konrad Lorenz On Aggression]
"I don't know what I may seem to the world, but as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me" [Isaac Newton]
"Nature, and Nature's laws lay hid in night"
"God said, Let Newton be! and all was light" [Alexander Pope Epitaph: Intended for Sir Isaac Newton]
Translations
scientist [ˈsaɪəntɪst] N → científico/a m/f
scientist [ˈsaɪəntɪst] n (gen) → scientifique mf; (eminent) → savant(e) m/f
She's a scientist → C'est une scientifique.
He trained as a scientist
BUT Il a une formation scientifique.
sci-fi [ˈsaɪfaɪ] (=science fiction)
She's a scientist → C'est une scientifique.
He trained as a scientist
BUT Il a une formation scientifique.
sci-fi [ˈsaɪfaɪ] (=science fiction)
n → SF f(= science-fiction)
modif [film, novel, writer, magazine] → de SF
scientist
n → (Natur)wissenschaftler(in) m(f)
scientist [ˈsaɪəntɪst] n → scienziato/a
scientist [ˈsaɪəntɪst] n → scienziato/a
scientist [ˈsaɪəntɪst] n → scienziato/a
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