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Reaumur

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Noun

1. reaumur, rene antoine ferchault de reaumur

French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757)

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Reaumur

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adjective
indicating measurement on the Réaumur scale of temperature

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Reaumur

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

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Reaumur

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French scientist who published a six-volume natural history of insects, invented the alcohol thermometer, and devised the Réaumur scale.
adj. Abbr. R
Relating to, being, or indicated on a thermometer scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0° and the boiling point as 80°.

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