Geophysicist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A physicist who specializes in geophysics.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth wordnet

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"The geophysicist teaches in the school."

Etymology

From geo- + physicist.

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