1. English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814); [syn: Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Count Rumford
n 1: English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and
friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by
moving particles (1753-1814) [syn: Thompson, Benjamin
Thompson, Count Rumford]