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Definition: Geophysicist |
GeophysicistNoun1. A specialist in geology. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | One who studies seismic, gravitational, electrical, thermal, radiometric, and/or magnetic phenomena to investigate geological phenomena, such as structure and composition of the Earth, forces causing movement and warping of surface, origin and activity of glaciers and volcanoes, and the location and cause of earthquakes; charts ocean currents and tides; takes measurements concerning shape and movements of Earth, and acoustic, optical, and electrical phenomena in the atmosphere; and locates petroleumand mineral deposits. (references) |
Occupations | Studies physical aspects of earth, including its atmosphere and hydrosphere: Investigates and measures seismic, gravitational, electrical, thermal, and magnetic forces affecting earth, utilizing principles of physics, mathematics, and chemistry. Analyzes data obtained to compute shape of earth, estimate composition and structure of earth's interior, determine flow pattern of ocean tides and currents, study physical properties of atmosphere, and help locate petroleum and mineral deposits. Investigates origin and activity of glaciers, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Compiles data to prepare navigational charts and maps, predict atmospheric conditions, prepare environmental reports, and establish water supply and flood-control programs. May study specific aspect of geophysics and be designated Geomagnetician (profess. & kin.); Glaciologist (profess. & kin.); Oceanographer, Physical (profess. & kin.); Tectonophysicist (profess. & kin.); Volcanologist (profess. & kin.). (references) |
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Synonym: GeophysicistSynonym: geologist (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Geophysicist |
| English words defined with "geophysicist": Alfred Lothar Wegener ♦ John Tuzo Wilson ♦ Wegener, Wilson. (references) |
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 | Charles Anton Schott Great mathematician, geodesist, geophysicist, and climatologist Lead the effort to survey the 39th Parallel.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Edwin J. Brown Electronics whiz; geodesist; geophysicist 1899-1935 Died in auto accident.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Walter D. Lambert Geodesist and geophysicist.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Title page of "La Figure de la Terre," by Pierre Bouguer, 1749. Bouguer was a famous surveyor and geophysicist who surveyed an arc of the meridian near the equator in South America and helped establish that the Earth is an oblate spheroid, in agreement with Sir Isaac Newton's views. Library Call Number QB291 .B58 1749.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
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| "Geophysicist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Geophysicist" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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geophysicist | 14 |
geophysicist job | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "geophysicist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | geofisikawan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eophysicistgay geofysiker. (various references) nhà địa váºt lý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "geophysicist": geophysicists. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
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| Words within the letters "c-e-g-h-i-i-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: geophysics, speciosity. | |
-3 letters: hygieists, physicist, postiches, sophistic. | |
-4 letters: copyists, egoistic, hospices, hygeists, hygieist, isohyets, isotypes, isotypic, pigsties, pishoges, postiche, potiches, spiciest. | |
-5 letters: cesspit, chigoes, copyist, cosiest, cotypes, egoists, gipsies, gossipy, gothics, gypsies, hogties, hospice, hygeist, isohyet, isotype, ophites, ophitic, photics, physics, piosity, pishoge, pitches, poetics, poshest, potiche, potsies, psyches, psychos, scythes, septics, society, sophies. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-h-i-i-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: geophysicists. | |
+4 letters: hygroscopicities, phytosociologies. | |
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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006F 0070 0068 0079 0073 0069 0063 0069 0073 0074 |
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