GEOPHYSICIST
Dictionary entry overview: What does geophysicist mean? • GEOPHYSICIST (noun)
The noun GEOPHYSICIST has 1 sense:
1. a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
Familiarity information: GEOPHYSICIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GEOPHYSICIST (noun)
Meaning:
A geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("geophysicist" is a kind of...):
geologist (a specialist in geology)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geophysicist"):
seismologist (a geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth)
Instance hyponyms:
Andrija Mohorovicic; Mohorovicic (Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936))
Alfred Lothar Wegener; Wegener (German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930))
John Tuzo Wilson; Wilson (Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993))
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