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Reaumur scale
Réaumur scale n (General Physics) a scale of temperature in which the freezing point of water is taken as 0° and the boiling point is 80° [C18: named after René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757), French physicist, who introduced it]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Reaumur scale - a temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degreestemperature scale - a system of measuring temperature |
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Ré·au·mur scale (rā-ō-mūr'), a thermometer scale in which each degree Réaumur (°R) is 1/80 of the temperature difference between the freezing point and boiling point of pure water at 1 atm, with 0°R set at the freezing point and 80°R set at the boiling point of water. [René A. F. de Réaumur] Réaumur scale An obsolete temperature scale.Réaumur, René A.F. de, French physicist, 1683-1757. Réaumur scale - a thermometer scale.Reaumur scale
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