physicist

scientist who does research in physics
Intangible profession Q169470
physicist
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physicist

Summary

physicist is a profession[1]. physicist ranks in the top 5% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,415 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • physicist's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • physicist is a type of physical scientist[4].
  • physicist is a type of scientist[5].
  • physicist's Commons category is recorded as Physicists[6].
  • physicist's field of this occupation is recorded as physics[7].
  • physicist's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Physicists[8].
  • physicist's ISCO-88 occupation class is recorded as 2111[9].
  • physicist's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://hsm.stackexchange.com/tags/physicists[10].
  • physicist's different from is recorded as physician[11].
  • physicist's different from is recorded as Fizyk[12].
  • physicist's uses is recorded as physics terminology[13].
  • physicist's uses is recorded as mathematical terminology[14].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'فيزيائية'}[15].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'arz', 'text': 'فيزيائى'}[16].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'física'}[17].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Physikarin'}[18].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'física'}[19].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'fyzička'}[20].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Physikerin'}[21].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'fizikistino'}[22].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'física'}[23].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'physicienne'}[24].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'física'}[25].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'gsw', 'text': 'Füüsikeri'}[26].
  • physicist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'פיזיקאית'}[27].

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Definition and Type

physicist's instance of is recorded as profession[3]. Recorded subclass of include physical scientist[4] and scientist[5].

Why It Matters

physicist ranks in the top 5% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,415 views/month).[2] physicist has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] physicist is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . RKDthesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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