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Réaumur temperature scale
(redirected from René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur)

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Réaumur temperature scale: see temperature temperature, measure of the relative warmth or coolness of an object. Temperature is measured by means of a thermometer or other instrument having a scale calibrated in units called degrees. The size of a degree depends on the particular temperature scale being used.
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Réaumur temperature scale [¦rā·ō¦myu̇r ′tem·prə·chər ‚skāl]
(thermodynamics)
Temperature scale where water freezes at 0°R and boils at 80°R.


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