English Online Dictionary. What means scientist? What does scientist mean?
English
Etymology
Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in March 1834 in an anonymous review of Mary Somerville's book On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences in the Quarterly Review as a suggested replacement for, and later seriously introduced by him in 1840 (see the quotation) as a more precise substitute for, the terms natural philosopher and man of science. Modeled after artist, from the Latin stem scientia (“knowledge”) + -ist.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪəntɪst/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪəntəst/
- Hyphenation: sci‧ent‧ist
Noun
scientist (plural scientists)
- One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.
Hyponyms
See Thesaurus:scientist
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: sayantist, sayantis
- → Malay: saintis
- → Portuguese: cientista
Translations
See also
- peer review
References
Further reading
- scientist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French scientiste.
Noun
scientist m (plural scientiști)
- scientist (advocate of scientism)