Réaumur

American  

[rey-uh-myoor, rey-oh-myr] / ˈreɪ əˌmyʊər, reɪ oʊˈmür /

noun

1. René Antoine Ferchault de 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.

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adjective

1. Also Reaumur noting or pertaining to a temperature scale Réaumur scale in which 0° represents the ice point and 80° represents the steam point.

Réaumur British  

/ ˈreɪəˌmjʊə /

adjective

1. indicating measurement on the Réaumur scale of temperature

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Example Sentences

M. Réaumur mentions the circumstance of a quantity of wheat stored in a corn-loft being much infected with the caterpillars of the small corn-moth, which spins a web and unites several grains together.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh

The heat at eighty degrees of Fahrenheit is one thing and the heat at eighty degrees of Réaumur is a very different matter.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

No one now reads Buffon, while the works of Réaumur, who preceded him, are nearly as valuable as ever, since they are packed with careful observations.

From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

In the 18th century, Réaumur and Bonnet continued the minute study of insects, laying more stress, however, on their habits and physiology than upon their anatomy.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

Réaumur narrates this case only as far as the third generation.

From Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Huxley, Thomas Henry