Réaumur

American  

[ray-uh-myoor, ray-oh-myr] / ˈreɪ əˌmjʊər, reɪ oʊˈmür /

noun

1. René Antoine Ferchault de 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.

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adjective

1. Also Reaumur noting or pertaining to a temperature scale Réaumur scale in which 0° represents the ice point and 80° represents the steam point.

Réaumur British  

/ ˈreɪəˌmjʊə /

adjective

1. indicating measurement on the Réaumur scale of temperature

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Réaumur

It was Réaumur, the originator of the famous thermometer, who gave a name to the wonderful bags discovered by Trembley.

From The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals by Jean Macé

To convert Réaumur into Fahrenheit, multiply by 9, divide by 4, and add 32.

From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Juliette Gordon Low

The thermometer of Réaumur has been known to rise 26 degrees above freezing, but I have never myself observed it above 18 or 20 during my stay.

From A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium by Richard Boyle Bernard

In 1710, the great naturalist, Réaumur, had written a memoir for the express purpose of demonstrating that these "orties" are animals; and with this important paper Peyssonel must necessarily have been familiar.

From Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley

An early spring had set in abruptly; at midday the heat rose to eighteen degrees Réaumur.

From A Desperate Character and Other Stories by Constance Garnett

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