HyperDic: astrophysicist

English > 1 sense of the word astrophysicist:
NOUNperson astrophysicistan astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies
astrophysicist > pronunciation
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English > astrophysicist: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningAn astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies.
InstancesHoyle, Fred Hoyle, Sir Fred HoyleAn English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology
Hubble, Edwin Hubble, Edwin Powell HubbleUnited States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953)
Broaderastronomer, uranologist, stargazerA physicist who studies astronomy
Spanishastrofísico
Catalanastrofísic
Nounsastrophysicsthe branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies

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