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:

     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, →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.

Derived terms

• astrogeophysicist

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