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Reaumur
(redirected from René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur)

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Ré·au·mur or Re·au·mur  (r-myr)
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-myr, --, r--mür), René Antoine Ferchault de 1683-1757.
French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer and devised the Réaumur scale.
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Noun1.Reaumur - French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757)


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