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Réaumur scale

Réaumur scale proper noun: a temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80.

Proper noun

Réaumur scale

  1. A temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80.
  2. (historical) A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 and the alcohol mixture expands by 8% and boils at 80.

Origin of Réaumur scale

Named after the French scientist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757).

Questions about Réaumur scale

What does Réaumur scale mean?
Réaumur scale means a temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80.
What part of speech is Réaumur scale?
Réaumur scale is a proper noun.

Words near Réaumur scale in the dictionary

  1. Räuchermann
  2. Räuchermanns
  3. Rääkkylä
  4. Ré
  5. Réaumur
  6. Réaumur scale
  7. récamier
  8. Récamier's operation
  9. récamiers
  10. réchauffé
  11. réchauffés

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