HyperDic: count_rumford

English > 1 sense of the expression Count Rumford:
NOUNperson Count Rumford, Thompson, Benjamin ThompsonEnglish physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction
English > Count Rumford: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningEnglish physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814).
SynonymsThompson, Benjamin Thompson
Instance ofphysicistA scientist trained in physics
SpanishBenjamin Thompson, Thompson
CatalanBenjamin Thompson, Thompson

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