English Explanatory Dictionary

Réaumur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Réaumur scale, a temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is 80 degrees and its freezing point is 0 degrees.
adj
  1. Measured on the Réaumur scale.

Pronunciation

/ɹeɪəʊˈmjʊə(ɹ)/

Word forms

Réaumur

Etymology

Named after French scientist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757).

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