BENJAMIN THOMPSON

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• BENJAMIN THOMPSON (noun)
  The noun BENJAMIN THOMPSON 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: BENJAMIN THOMPSON used as a noun is very rare.

• BENJAMIN THOMPSON (noun)

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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)