RÉAUMUR


Meaning of RÉAUMUR in English

/ray"euh myoor'/ ; Fr. /rdday oh myuurdd"/ , n.

1. René Antoine Ferchault de /rddeuh nay" ahonn twannn" ferdd shoh" deuh/ , 1683-1757, French physicist and inventor.

adj.

2. Also, Reaumur . noting or pertaining to a temperature scale (Réaumur scale) in which 0° represents the ice point and 80° represents the steam point. See illus. under thermometer .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .