Meanings
plural nuclear physicists
- A scientist of nuclear physics.
Explaining the history is a nuclear physicist who is also an accomplished writer.
1982, Boyd Norton, "The Early Years" in, Nuclear Power, Both Sides: The Best Arguments for and Against the Most Controversial Technology, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 152 more examples
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.
1962, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Proceedings of the Conference on Progress in Nuclear Education Held at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, August 20-22, 1962, page 184And 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."
2004, Graham Allison, Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 93
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 核物理學家 /核物理学家
- 核物理學家 /核物理学家 (héwùlǐxuéjiā)scientist of nuclear physics
Danish kernefysiker
- kernefysikerscientist of nuclear physics
Dutch kernfysicus
- kernfysicusscientist of nuclear physics
Finnish ydinfyysikko
- ydinfyysikkoscientist of nuclear physics
German Kernphysiker, Kernphysikerin
- Kernphysikerscientist of nuclear physics
- Kernphysikerinscientist of nuclear physics
Hindi नाभिकीय भौतिकशास्त्री
- नाभिकीय भौतिकशास्त्री (nābhikīya bhautikśāstrī)scientist of nuclear physics
Japanese 核物理学者
- 核物理学者scientist of nuclear physics
Polish jądrowiec
- jądrowiecscientist of nuclear physics
Spanish físico nuclear
- físico nuclearscientist of nuclear physics
Swedish kärnfysiker
- kärnfysikerscientist of nuclear physics
Cite this entry
nuclear physicist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuclear%20physicist
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