Reaumur

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Ré·au·mur or Re·au·mur (r

-my

)

adj. Abbr. R

Relating to, being, or indicated on a thermometer scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0° and the boiling point as 80°.

[After René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur.]

Ré·au·mur (r

-my

, -

-, r

-mür

), René Antoine Ferchault de 1683-1757.

French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer and devised the Réaumur scale.

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Reaumur - French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757)

Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur

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