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RUMFORD

Date "RUMFORD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1803. (references)


Specialty Definition: RUMFORD

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Slang in 1811

RUMFORD. To ride to Rumford to have one's backside new bottomed: i.e. to have a pair of new leather breeches. Rumford was formerly a famous place for leather breeches. A like saying is current in Norfolk and Suffolk, of Bungay, and for the same reason.--R. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Specialty Definition: Rumford (CDP), Maine

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Rumford is a town located in Oxford County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,795.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 20.7 km² (8.0 mi²). 20.4 km² (7.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.38% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 4,795 people, 2,208 households, and 1,256 families residing in the town. The population density is 234.6/km² (608.0/mi²). There are 2,542 housing units at an average density of 124.4 persons/km² (322.3 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.62% White, 0.13% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. 0.63% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,208 households out of which 25.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9% are married couples living together, 12.1% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 43.1% are non-families. 38.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 18.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.12 and the average family size is 2.75. In the town the population is spread out with 22.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 24.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.9 males. The median income for a household in the town is $24,938, and the median income for a family is $30,024. Males have a median income of $37,617 versus $20,734 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,199. 19.6% of the population and 15.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 28.1% are under the age of 18 and 12.1% are 65 or older.



Rumford (town), Maine

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Rumford is a town located in Oxford County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 6,472.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 180.9 km² (69.9 mi²). 177.7 km² (68.6 mi²) of it is land and 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.79% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 6,472 people, 2,876 households, and 1,754 families residing in the town. The population density is 36.4/km² (94.3/mi²). There are 3,280 housing units at an average density of 18.5 persons/km² (47.8 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.67% White, 0.11% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. 0.60% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,876 households out of which 26.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% are married couples living together, 11.2% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 39.0% are non-families. 33.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.21 and the average family size is 2.78. In the town the population is spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $27,639, and the median income for a family is $33,878. Males have a median income of $39,917 versus $20,632 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,701. 16.1% of the population and 12.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 21.9% are under the age of 18 and 11.3% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rumford (CDP), Maine."

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Crosswords: RUMFORD

English words defined with "RUMFORD": Thermoscope. (references)

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Image Slideshow: RUMFORD

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: RUMFORD

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The comforts of a Rumford stove Vide Dr. G-rn-ts lectures / / Js Gillray des. & fect. ad vivum. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Usage Frequency: RUMFORD

"RUMFORD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "RUMFORD" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%11106,044

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Name Usage Frequency: RUMFORD

The following table summarizes the usage of "RUMFORD" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
RumfordLast name10078,920
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Cities: RUMFORD


1. Rumford, ME (CDP, FIPS 64255)
Location: 44.54955 N, 70.56424 W
Population (1990): 5419 (2623 housing units)
Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 04276
Country: USA

2. Rumford, RI
Zip Code(s): 02916
Country: USA

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Expressions: RUMFORD

Expressions using "RUMFORD": count Rumford ♦ Rumford Center ♦ Rumford Point. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: RUMFORD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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per Day

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rumford baking powder

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rumford me

53

rumford maine real estate

3

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37

de rumford

3

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35

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33

rumford hotel

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falls rumford times

13

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hospital rumford

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center pet rumford

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bottle glass rumford

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aquarium rumford

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community hospital rumford

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Misspellings: RUMFORD

Misspellings

"RUMFORD" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bramsford, Rudford, Runfold, Runford. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: RUMFORD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-f-m-o-r-r-u"

-2 letters: forum, furor, rumor.

-3 letters: dorm, dorr, doum, dour, drum, duro, durr, ford, form, four, from, murr.

-4 letters: dom, dor, duo, for, fou, fro, fud, fur, mod, mor, mud, oud, our, rod, rom, rum, udo, urd.

-5 letters: do, mo, mu, od, of, om, or, um.

 Words containing the letters "d-f-m-o-r-r-u"
 

+3 letters: unreformed.

 

+4 letters: unperformed.

 

+5 letters: formularized, outperformed, reformulated.

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Alternative Orthography: RUMFORD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 55 4D 46 4F 52 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01010101 01001101 01000110 01001111 01010010 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#85 &#77 &#70 &#79 &#82 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0055 004D 0046 004F 0052 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52554740495238

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album 		5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Frequency
7. Cities
8. Expressions 		9. Expressions: Internet
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography 		13. Bibliography


  

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