Réaumur

American  

[rey-uh-myoor, rey-oh-myr] / ˈreɪ əˌmyʊər, 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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Example Sentences

While their columns are dancing up and down with laughter at this somewhat tepid and low-pressure pleasantry, there come in a New York Réaumur and a Centigrade from Chicago.

From Our Hundred Days in Europe by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Low, Juliette Gordon

Réaumur, a famous French naturalist, a great many years ago, in an essay which he wrote upon the art of hatching chickens—which was indeed a very curious essay—had occasion to speak of variations and monstrosities.

From Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

After standing over night it is ready for use, and is put up in seltzer or champagne bottles, and kept at a temperature of +8 degrees to +12 degrees Réaumur.

From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

It happened that in 1748 Réaumur couched the eyes of a girl who had been born blind.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John