thermodynamicist

English

Etymology

From thermodynamic +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

Noun

thermodynamicist (plural thermodynamicists)

  1. A person who studies thermodynamics.
    • 1998 April 26, Edward O. Wilson, “The Ionian Enchantment”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 29 September 2020:
      They are typified by those thermodynamicists who for decades have drawn ever closer to the temperature of absolute zero, when atoms cease all motion.
    • 2025 June 25, Ismail Muhammad, “Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?”, in The New York Times Magazine‎[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 June 2025:
      In my favorite Meta A.I. ad, a woman tells her boyfriend that she’s excited to have him meet her parents — before impishly mentioning that her father is a thermodynamicist at NASA. The befuddled boyfriend rushes home, phone in hand. “Hey Meta,” he asks. “What the heck is a thermodynamicist?”
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