Réaumur scale
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after French scientist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757).
Proper noun[edit]
- A temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80.
- (historical) A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 and the alcohol mixture expands by 8% and boils at 80.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Réaumur scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia