Réaumur

American  

[rey-uh-myoor, rey-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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Example Sentences

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Réaumur

Réaumur narrates this case only as far as the third generation.

From Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Thomas Henry Huxley

The heat at eighty degrees of Fahrenheit is one thing and the heat at eighty degrees of Réaumur is a very different matter.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Oliver Wendell Holmes

I have seen," says Réaumur, "chicks continue at work for two days together; some work incessantly, while others take rest at intervals, according to their physical strength.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Hugh Piper

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

The hottest of these springs has a temperature of 54° Réaumur, equal to 153½° Fahrenheit.

From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Oliver Optic