Réaumur scale

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Etymology

Named after French scientist René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757).

Proper noun

Réaumur scale

  1. A temperature scale on which 0 °C is 0 and 100 °C is 80.
  2. (historical) A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 and the alcohol mixture expands by 8% and boils at 80.

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