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astrophysicist

astrophysicist \astrophysicist\ n. 1. an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
astrophysicist

1869, usually hyphenated at first, from astro- + physicist. Astrophysics is recorded from 1877.

Wiktionary
astrophysicist

n. One who studies astrophysics.

WordNet
astrophysicist

n. an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies

Usage examples of "astrophysicist".

Murphy was a NASA astrophysicist until 1998, when he left the space agency to become a freelance writer.

Drelb astrophysicist was working alone in her lab amid a wild litter of computer printouts.

The astrophysicist looked up from the instrument console with a boyish grin and rubbed a hand across his blond crewcut.

Corky, she gazed down at the astrophysicist, battered from his ordeal on the ice.

The astrophysicist scrambled across the deck to join them, his eyes blank with terror.

The astrophysicist turned the envelope over once in his hands, grunted noncommittally, unsealed the flap, and unfolded the letter within.

Before the Glavkosmos astrophysicist could say anything more, Jessup turned his attention to Oeljanov.

TV monitors he had been closely watching when the astrophysicist pushed the hatch open.

As the Dutch astrophysicist began crawling around and underneath the contraption, Nash went to help Kawakami fold up the discarded shrouds.

Ceylon tea spilled onto the wardroom table, but the astrophysicist appeared not to notice.

I had already chosen a career as an astrophysicist before I ever dreamed of being a part of this project.

Finally the astrophysicist slumped into a chair and lifted a cup of coffee.

I have to agree that a geologist will be more useful on the surface than an astrophysicist, Anthony.

The story is told through the eyes of an astrophysicist who also happens to be a Jesuit priest.

The Russian astrophysicist Shklovsky has calculated that a type II supernovae 32 light-years from the sun could bath the earth with cosmic rays having an energy density 100 times that of the cosmic rays that now impinge upon the atmosphere.