geophysicist

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English physicist English geophysicist From geo- + physicist.

1. A physicist who specializes in geophysics.

   “Yevgeny K. Fedorov, one of the Soviet Union's leading geophysicists, died Wednesday, Tass, the official press agency, reported today. He was 71 years old.”

   ““The lack of an agreement to phase out fossil fuels was devastating,” said Prof Michael Mann, a climatologist and geophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania in the US.”