First Known Use: 1799
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Reaumur
adjective Re·au·mur \ˌrā-ō-ˈmyu̇r, ˈrā-ō-ˌ\
Definition of REAUMUR
: relating to or conforming to a thermometric scale on which the boiling point of water is at 80° above the zero of the scale and the freezing point is at zero
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Origin of REAUMUR
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
Rhymes with REAUMUR
amateur, aperture, armature, blackamoor, carrefour, carte du jour, coinsure, commissure, confiture, connoisseur, coverture, curvature, cynosure, embouchure, epicure, filature, forfeiture, garniture, geniture, green-manure, haute couture, immature, insecure, ligature, manicure, overture, paramour, pedicure, plat du jour, portraiture, prelature, premature, quadrature, reassure, reinsure, saboteur, sepulture, sequitur, signature, simon-pure, sinecure, soup du jour, tablature, temperature, to be sure, troubadour, white amur, Yom Kippur
Réaumur
biographical name Ré·au·mur \ˌrā-ō-ˈmyu̇r, -ˈmuer\
Definition of RÉAUMUR
René-Antoine Ferchault de 1683–1757 Fr. naturalist & physicist
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Reaumur
adjective Re·au·mur \ˌrā-ō-ˈmyu̇(ə)r\
Medical Definition of REAUMUR
: relating or conforming to a thermometric scale on which the boiling point of water is at 80° above the zero of the scale and the freezing point is at zero <the Reaumur thermometer>—abbreviation R
Biographical Note for REAUMUR
Ré·au·mur \rā-ō-mu̅e̅r\ René–Antoine Ferchault de (1683–1757), French physicist and naturalist. Réaumur devised in 1730 a thermometer with a scale marking 0° 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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