Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nuclear physicist

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: nu-cle-ar -physi-cist
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scientist of nuclear physics.

Example Sentences

"Certainly it would be better if he were a nuclear physicist. On the other hand, I believe that a team of that sort would give stronger support to industrial work than a team of four nuclear engineers."
"Explaining the history is a nuclear physicist who is also an accomplished writer."
"And Theodore Taylor, the nuclear physicist who designed America's smallest and largest atomic bombs, has repeatedly stated that given fissile material, building a bomb is "very easy. Double underline. Very easy.""

Etymology

From nuclear physics + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nuclear physics

Inflected Forms

nuclear physicists (plural)

Questions

What does nuclear physicist mean?: A scientist of nuclear physics.
Where does nuclear physicist come from?: From nuclear physics + -ist.

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