Associations to the word «Reaumur»
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Wiktionary
RÉAUMUR, noun. A temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is 80 degrees and its freezing point is 0 degrees.
RÉAUMUR SCALE, noun. A temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80.
RÉAUMUR SCALE, noun. (historical) A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 and the alcohol mixture expands by 8% and boils at 80.
Dictionary definition
REAUMUR, noun. French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757).
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