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COUNT RUMFORD
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• COUNT RUMFORD (noun)
The noun COUNT RUMFORD has 1 sense:
1. English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
Familiarity information: COUNT RUMFORD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Benjamin Thompson; Count Rumford; Thompson
Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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