Definition of Réaumur

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

Exact synonyms: Rene Antoine Ferchault De Reaumur
Generic synonyms: Physicist

Definition of Réaumur

1. Noun. a temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is 80 degrees and its freezing point is 0 degrees. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Réaumur

Rydberg molecule
Ryder
Rylan
Ryle's tube
Rylee
Rynchopidae
Rynchops
Rypticus
Ryukyu
Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyuan
Ryukyuans
Rzhevsky
Rœulx
Réaumur (current term)
Réunion
Rígsþula
Río San Juan
S
S&A
S&H
S&L
S&O
S&S
S&T
S'pore
S's
S-(dinitrophenyl)glutathione ATPase

Literary usage of Réaumur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... make 4° of Reaumur. ... other countries of the north ; that of Reaumur in France and many parts of the continent. ..."

2. Elements of Fuel Oil and Steam Engineering: A Practical Treatise Dealing by Robert Sibley, Charles H. Delany (1918)
"A relationship between the Fahrenheit and Reaumur scales is similarly established. 9 .'. ... R — 23.1° Relationship of Centigrade and Reaumur Values. ..."

3. Evolution of the Thermometer, 1592-1743 by Henry Carrington Bolton (1900)
"Reaumur, who next sought to improve the thermometer, was one of the most popular savants in ... Reaumur, like so many Frenchmen, completely ignored the ..."

4. Insect Architecture by James Rennie (1830)
"After having read this account," says Reaumur, " with sincere pleasure, I became exceedingly desirous of seeing with my own eyes what the Italian naturalist ..."

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