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Ré⋅au⋅mur

  [rey-uh-myoor; Fr. rey-oh-myr]
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1. Re⋅né An⋅toine Fer⋅chault de  [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] , 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
–adjective
2. Also, Re⋅au⋅mur. noting or pertaining to a temperature scale (Réaumur scale) in which 0° represents the ice point and 80° represents the steam point.
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Ré·au·mur or Re·au·mur   (rā'ō-myŏŏr')   
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°.

[After René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur.]
Ré·au·mur   (rā'ə-myŏŏr', -ō-, rā-ō-mür')   
French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer and devised the Réaumur scale.
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Main Entry: Re·au·mur
Pronunciation: "rA-O-'myu(&)r
Function: adjective
: relating or conforming to a thermometric scale on which theboiling point of water is at 80° above the zero of the scale and the freezing point is at zero Reaumur thermometer> —abbreviation R
Réáauámur /rA-O-m[UE]r,/ René–Antoine Ferchault de (1683–1757), French physicist and naturalist. Réaumur devised in 1730 a thermometer with a scale marking0° as the freezing point and 80° as the boiling point of water. Interested in many areas of science, he isolated gastric juice in 1752 and investigated its role in the digestive process.
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