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BENJAMIN THOMPSON
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I. (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)
Synonyms:
Benjamin Thompson; Count Rumford; Thompson
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Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
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