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

See, for example, Réaumur, Mémoires pour l’histoire des Insectes, t. i., pp. 23-25.

From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric

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 Huxley, Thomas Henry

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

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

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

From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver

"I hope the prices are according to Réaumur," added Innstetten, as he read the name, and the two took an evening walk along the beach cliffs in the best of humor.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various