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Definition: Biophysicist |
BiophysicistNoun1. A physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Studies physical principles of living cells and organisms, their electrical and mechanical energy, and related phenomena: Conducts research to investigate dynamics in such areas as seeing and hearing; the transmission of electrical impulses along nerves and muscles, and damage to cells and tissues caused by x rays and nuclear particles; manner in which characteristics of plants and animals are carried forward through successive generations; and absorption of light by chlorophyll in photosynthesis or by pigments of eye involved in vision. Analyzes functions of electronic and human brains, such as transfer of information into brain from outside (learning), transfer and manipulation of information within brain (thinking), and storage of information (memory). Studies spatial configuration of submicroscopic molecules, such as proteins, using x ray and electron microscope. May specialize in one activity, such as use of radiation and nuclear particles for treating cancer or use of atomic isotopes to discover transformation of substances in cells. (references) |
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| "Biophysicist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Biophysicist" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
biophysicist | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "biophysicist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | Biophysiker (biophysicists). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | iophysicistbay nhĂ lĂ˝ sinh. (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "biophysicist": biophysicists. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-h-i-i-i-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: biophysics. | |
-3 letters: physicist, sophistic. | |
-4 letters: biochips, biotypic, copyists, isotypic. | |
-5 letters: biochip, biopics, biopsic, bioptic, biotics, bishops, copyist, ophitic, phobics, photics, physics, piosity, psychos, sophist. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-h-i-i-i-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: biophysicists. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101111 01110000 01101000 01111001 01110011 01101001 01100011 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i o p h y s i c i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006F 0070 0068 0079 0073 0069 0063 0069 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367581827491857569758586 |
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