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temperature scale — noun a system of measuring temperature • Hypernyms: ↑scale, ↑scale of measurement, ↑graduated table, ↑ordered series, ↑system of measurement, ↑metric • Hyponyms: ↑Celsius … Useful english dictionary
Réaumur (disambiguation) — Réaumur can refer to:* René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, a French scientist of the early 18th century * Réaumur temperature scale, proposed in 1731 by de Réaumur * Réaumur, Vendée, a commune in the Vendée département of France … Wikipedia
temperature — /tem peuhr euh cheuhr, choor , preuh , peuhr cheuhr, choor /, n. 1. a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal… … Universalium
Reaumur — adj. relating to the Reaumur scale; using the Reaumur scale, measured on the Reaumur scale n. family name; Rene Reaumur (1683 1757), French scientist, inventor of the Reaumur temperature scale; temperature scale with the freezing point of water… … English contemporary dictionary
Réaumur , René Antoine Ferchault de — (1683–1757) French entomologist, physicist, and metallurgist Born at La Rochelle in western France, Réaumur traveled to Paris in 1703 and was admitted to the French Academy of Sciences in 1708. He was commissioned by Louis XIV (1710) to compile a … Scientists
Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de — (1683 1757) physicist, naturalist Considered the father of the French iron and steel industry, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was born in La Rochelle. He demonstrated that castings can be made into steel by adding metallic iron, and he… … France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present
Reaumur — or Réaumur [rā′ə myoor΄; ] Fr [ rā ō mür′] adj. [after R. A. F. de Réaumur (1683 1757), Fr physicist & naturalist] designating or of a temperature scale which registers the boiling point of water at 80° and the freezing point at 0° … English World dictionary
Réaumur scale — This article is about the temperature scale. For other uses, see Réaumur (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Rømer scale. Old thermometer in a pharmacy in Vienna showing average room temperature in Réaumur The Réaumur scale (°Ré, °Re, °R),… … Wikipedia
Temperature — This article is about the thermodynamic property. For other uses, see Temperature (disambiguation). A map of global long term monthly average surface air temperatures i … Wikipedia
Réaumur — /ray euh myoor /; Fr. /rdday oh myuurdd /, n. 1. René Antoine Ferchault de /rddeuh nay ahonn twannn ferdd shoh deuh/, 1683 1757, French physicist and inventor. adj. 2. Also, Reaumur. noting or pertaining to a temperature scale (Réaumur scale) in… … Universalium
