Réaumur

Variant of Reaumur

Reaumur definition

Re·au·mur or Réaumur Ré′·au·mur′ (rā′ə myo̵or′; Frrā ō mür′)

adjective

designating or of a temperature scale which registers the boiling point of water at 80° and the freezing point at 0°

Etymology: after R. A. F. de Réaumur (1683-1757), Fr physicist & naturalist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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