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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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{{suffix|en|theory|ist}} |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈθɪəɹɪst/|a=Received Pronunciation}} |
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* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theorist.wav| |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈθiːəɹəst/|/ˈθɪɹəst/|a=General American}} |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈθɪəɹəst/|/ˈθiːəɹəst/|a=General Australian}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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|magazine=w:American Scientist |
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|url=http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/tackling-infinity |
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|passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when '''theorists''' try to prod their calculations into new domains. |
|passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when '''theorists''' try to prod their calculations into new domains. |
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====Derived terms==== |
====Derived terms==== |
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{{col-auto|en|A-theorist|B-theorist| chaos theorist|coincidence theorist|conspiracy theorist|game theorist|gap theorist|graph theorist|group theorist|number theorist|representation theorist|ring theorist}} |
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* {{l|en|A-theorist}}, {{l|en|B-theorist}} |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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* Kazakh: {{t|kk|теорияшыл}} |
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|теорияшыл}} |
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* Korean: {{t|ko|이론가(理論家)}}, {{qualifier|North Korea}} {{t|ko|리론가}} |
* Korean: {{t|ko|이론가(理論家)}}, {{qualifier|North Korea}} {{t|ko|리론가}} |
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* Marathi: {{t|mr|सैद्धांतिक|m}}, {{t|mr|उपपत्तिकार|m|tr=upapattikār}} |
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*: Bokmål: {{t|no|teoretiker|m}} |
*: Bokmål: {{t|no|teoretiker|m}} |
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* {{anagrams|en|a=ehiorstt|Theriots|orthites|otterish|shortite|thorites}} |
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{{C|en|People}} |
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 27 September 2024
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɪəɹɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθiːəɹəst/, /ˈθɪɹəst/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈθɪəɹəst/, /ˈθiːəɹəst/
Noun
[edit]theorist (plural theorists)
- Someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences.
- 2012 January, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 April 2013, page 86:
- Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains.
Synonyms
[edit]- theoretician (less common)
- theorizer / theoriser
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]someone who constructs theories
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