REAUMUR


Meaning of REAUMUR in English

n.

Pronunciation: ˌ r ā - ō - ' myu ̇ r, ' r ā - ō - ˌ

Function: adjective

Etymology: René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

Date: 1799

: relating to or conforming to a thermometric scale on which the boiling point of water is at 80° above the zero of the scale and the freezing point is at zero

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