reaumur | (n) French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757), Syn. Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur |
reaumur scale | (n) a temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degrees |
reaumur thermometer | (n) an alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur |
Reaumur | a. Of or pertaining to ☞ The Réaumur thermometer is so graduated that 0° marks the freezing point and 80° the boiling point of water. Frequently indicated by R. Cf. Centigrade, and Fahrenheit. See Illust. of Thermometer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
列氏温标 | [列 氏 温 标 / 列 氏 溫 標] Réaumur temperature scale [Add to Longdo] |